paper  

Thesaurus for paper

• noun
  • synonyms
    • composition, report, theme, newspaper, newspaper publisher, article, essay, material, medium, press, product, production, public press, publisher, publishing company, publishing firm, publishing house, stuff  
• verb
  • synonyms
    • wallpaper, cover  

Pronunciation of paper: P EY1 P ER0 ('peɪpər)

Number of syllables of paper: 2

Definition of paper

• (n): a newspaper as a physical object; "when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper"  
• (n): medium for written communication; "the notion of an office running without paper is absurd"  
• (n): a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements; "he read his newspaper at breakfast"  
• (n): a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses; "he has written many scientific papers"  
• (n): an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition"  
• (n): a business firm that publishes newspapers; "Murdoch owns many newspapers"  
• (n): a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses  
• (v): cover with wallpaper  
• (v): cover with paper; "paper the box"  
• (s): made of paper; "they wore paper hats at the party"  

Examples of paper

• I slit paper with scissors.  
• Inside the folder, he had the cover page of the local Santa Rosa paper.  
• The Contraband paper size was changed in 2006 to a tabloid style paper.  
• The paper carried the hammer and sickle on its first page.  
• The paper size was changed in 2006 to a tabloid style paper.  
• Who sundered the paper  
• This paper is reversible but that paper is not.  
• The paper is blank.  
• The last paper is interesting and explains why Ayala's paper was a misstep.  
• The registration only link displays the first page of the paper.