Paper

Word PAPER
Character 5
Hyphenation pa per
Pronunciations /ˈpeɪpə/

Definitions and meanings of "Paper"

What do we mean by paper?

A material made of cellulose pulp, derived mainly from wood, rags, and certain grasses, processed into flexible sheets or rolls by deposit from an aqueous suspension, and used chiefly for writing, printing, drawing, wrapping, and covering walls. noun

A single sheet of this material. noun

One or more sheets of paper bearing writing or printing, especially. noun

A formal written composition intended to be published, presented, or read aloud; a scholarly essay or treatise. noun

A piece of written work for school; a report or theme. noun

An official document, especially one establishing the identity of the bearer. noun

A collection of letters, diaries, and other writings, especially by one person. noun

Short-term debt instruments, especially commercial paper. noun

A newspaper. noun

Wallpaper. noun

A wrapper made of paper, often with its contents. noun

A free pass to a theater. noun

The audience admitted with free passes. noun

To cover, wrap, or line with paper. transitive verb

To cover with wallpaper. transitive verb

To supply with paper. transitive verb

To issue free passes for (a theater, for example). transitive verb

To construct (something) in haste and with little forethought. transitive verb

Made of paper. adjective

A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.

A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).

Wallpaper.

Wrapping paper.

(rock paper scissors) An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.

A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written for the Government.

A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal (as a journal article or the manuscript for one) or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting (such as a conference, workshop, or symposium).

A scholastic essay.

A set of examination questions to be answered at one session.

Money.

A university course.

A paper packet containing a quantity of items.

A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.

A substance resembling paper secreted by certain invertebrates as protection for their nests and eggs.

Free passes of admission to a theatre, etc.

(by extension) The people admitted by free passes.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Paper

The word "paper" in example sentences

And I'm still damn stressed cuz in 2 weeks 'time will be our science practical mid-year paper, and in 1 month's time will be our mid-year paper… damn… ❋ Babycartercl (2004)

An artifact kind identified by a common description or concept can include several subtypes or species; for example, there are different paper clip types for which their authors (that is, their inventors) obtained separate patents; these fall under the more general artifact kind ˜paper clip™. ❋ Hilpinen, Risto (2004)

The sensitive paper may be readily prepared, the only requisite quality in the _paper_ itself being its ability to stand washing. ❋ Various (N/A)

The volume is chiefly printed on paper _made from straw_; the appendix is on _paper made from wood alone_. ❋ Various (1852)

We have all had occasion to write on our hand, either because no paper was available or because we knew we'd probably forget the bit of ­paper along with the thing we'd written on it ❋ Unknown (2010)

Hanging on paper, and yet weighed down by leavy burdens* Trade necefijury to Enable us to fuppbrt an enox - motts debt; and yet that debt, together with an excefs of paper* money, working continually towards the dcftruAion of trade. — ❋ Unknown (1774)

•ale, 250 on Targe paper, and 1750 on small paper* ❋ John Nichols, Samuel Bentley (1812)

It was wrapped in snowman wrapping paper inside her old brown bag that she bought her bathing suit in last summer, stuffed with Victoria Secret’s pink and white tissue paper… ❋ Goldylockz22 (2003)

“In point of _direct_ sensibility, the chrysotype paper is certainly inferior to the calotype; but it is one of the most remarkable peculiarities of gold as a photographic ingredient, that _extremely feeble impressions once made by light go on afterwards, darkening spontaneously and very slowly, apparently without limit so long as the least vestige of unreduced chloride of gold remains in the paper_. ❋ Peter C. Duchochois (N/A)

Late that night, Annie sat at her computer, trying to bring to a close her term paper on the true authorship of the works attributed to William Shakespeare. ❋ William Kent Krueger (2008)

He had left his term paper on the kitchen table for a few minutes, and when he came back the child had accidentally spilled a glass of chocolate milk on it. ❋ Patricia MacDonald (1983)

Proof: Read your term paper backwards, in addition to forward. ❋ Suren Ramasubbu (2011)

Do primary research: While it may be difficult to write a term paper on the school bus not that many procrastinators haven't tried to do it, a student's commute is a great time to do a lot of the heavy research lifting. ❋ Suren Ramasubbu (2011)

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