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   paper

   /ˈpeɪpə/

   noun

   • 1. material manufactured in thin sheets from the pulp of wood or other fibrous substances, used for writing, drawing, or printing on, or as wrapping material: "a sheet of paper" Similar writing papernotepaperwrapperwrapping
   • ▪ wallpaper: "the walls were damp—paper hung away in long strips" Similar wallpaperwallcoveringwoodchiptrademark:AnaglyptaLincrusta
   • ▪ short for cigarette paper
   • 2. a sheet of paper with something written or printed on it: "he riffled through the papers on his desk"
   • ▪ a newspaper: "the story made the front page of the local paper" Similar newspaperinformal:printrag
   • ▪ personal documents: "the personal papers of major political figures" Similar documentscertificatesformslettersfilesdeedsrecordsdossiersdiariesarchiveslegal paperspaperworkdocumentationinformal:treewarerare:munimentsinstrumentsassignments
   • ▪ documents attesting identity; credentials: "two men stopped us and asked us for our papers" Similar identification papersidentification documentsidentity cardIDcredentialsbona fides
   • ▪ a government report or policy document: "a recently leaked cabinet paper" Similar documentscertificatesformslettersfilesdeedsrecordsdossiersdiariesarchiveslegal paperspaperworkdocumentationinformal:treewarerare:munimentsinstrumentsassignments
   • ▪ denoting something that is officially documented but has no real existence: "a paper profit"
   • 3. a set of examination questions to be answered at one session: British "we had to sit a three-hour paper" Similar examexaminationtest
   • ▪ the written answers to examination questions: "you need to test your students, mark their papers, and place them in the right class"
   • 4. an essay or dissertation, especially one read at an academic lecture or seminar or published in an academic journal: "he published a highly original paper on pattern formation" Similar essayarticlecompositionmonographthesisworkdissertationtreatisestudyreportanalysistractcritiqueexegesisreviewdisquisitiondiscoursepiece of writingtheme
   • 5. free passes of admission to a theatre or other entertainment. theatrical slang

   verb

   • 1. apply wallpaper to (a wall or room): "the walls were papered in a Regency stripe"
   • ▪ cover a hole or blemish with wallpaper: "interior panels can be of fairly basic wood that will be papered over"
   • ▪ disguise an awkward problem instead of resolving it: "the unions tried to paper over their differences"
   • 2. fill (a theatre) by giving out free tickets: theatrical slang "surely the theatre could at least have papered the house if the box office was looking so poor"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French papir, from Latin papyrus ‘paper-reed’ (see papyrus). The verb dates from the late 16th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. paperer noun

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   • Get a quick, free translation! PAPER definition: 1. thin, flat material made from crushed wood or cloth, used for writing, printing, or drawing on…. Learn more.

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   How is paper made?

   • Paper is a thin sheet material produced by mechanically or chemically processing cellulose fibres derived from wood, rags, grasses, or other vegetable sources in water, draining the water through a fine mesh leaving the fibre evenly distributed on the surface, followed by pressing and drying.

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   1. a(1) : a felted sheet of usually vegetable fibers laid down on a fine screen from a water suspension. (2) : a similar sheet of other material (such as plastic) b. : a piece of paper. 2. a. : a piece of paper containing a written or printed statement : document. pedigree papers. b. : a piece of paper containing writing or print. c.

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   Paper is the thin, flexible material you doodle on during math class. It's also paper that you fold carefully into the shape of an airplane before launching it across the classroom. If you've ever ripped a sheet of paper or crumpled one into a ball, it might be hard to believe that it comes from trees — wood pulp, to be exact.

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