paper
adjective
1. Made of paper.
- paper bag; paper plane
2. Insubstantial.
- paper tiger; paper gangster
noun
1. a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
Definition categories: substance, material, stuff
2. an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
Similar word(s): composition, report, theme
Definition categories: communication, essay
3. a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
- he read his newspaper at breakfast
Similar word(s): newspaper
Definition categories: communication, press
4. a medium for written communication
- the notion of an office running without paper is absurd
Definition categories: communication, medium
5. a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses
- he has written many scientific papers
Definition categories: communication, article
6. a business firm that publishes newspapers
- Murdoch owns many newspapers
Similar word(s): newspaper
Definition categories: group, publisher
7. the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher
- when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper
Similar word(s): newspaper
Definition categories: man–made, product, production
Sentences with paper as a noun:
- a paper of pins, tacks, opium, &c.
- cantharides paper
verb
1. cover with paper
- paper the box
Definition categories: contact, cover
2. cover with wallpaper
Similar word(s): wallpaper
Definition categories: contact, cover
Sentences with paper as a verb:
- to paper the hallway walls
- After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up.
- As the event has not sold well, we'll need to paper the house.