Meaning of 'paper' (Webster Dictionary)
- Of or pertaining to paper; made of paper; resembling paper;
existing only on paper; unsubstantial; as, a paper box; a paper army.
- A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to
be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of
rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first
reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried.
- A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance.
- A printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the
like; a writing; as, a paper read before a scientific society.
- A printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a
journal; as, a daily paper.
- Negotiable evidences of indebtedness; notes; bills of
exchange, and the like; as, the bank holds a large amount of his paper.
- Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper.
See Paper hangings, below.
- A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as, a
paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.
- A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for
external application; as, cantharides paper.
- To cover with paper; to furnish with paper hangings; as,
to paper a room or a house.
- To fold or inclose in paper.
- To put on paper; to make a memorandum of.
Meaning of 'paper' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
Example in sentence:- he got an A on his composition
Meaning (2):
- a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses
Example in sentence:- he has written many scientific papers
Meaning (3):
- a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
Example in sentence:- he read his newspaper at breakfast
Meaning (4):
- a business firm that publishes newspapers
Example in sentence:- Murdoch owns many newspapers
Meaning (5):
- a medium for written communication
Example in sentence:- the notion of an office running without paper is absurd
Meaning (6):
- the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher
Example in sentence:- when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper
Meaning (7):
- cover with paper
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