Paper /ˈpeɪpə/

The meaning and definition of Paper, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

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noun

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).

verb

To apply paper to.
“to paper the hallway walls”
To document; to memorialize.
“After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up.”

adjective

Made of paper.
“paper bag; paper plane”
Insubstantial (from the weakness of common paper)
“paper tiger; paper gangster”

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Paper /ˈpeɪpə/

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