paper has definitions from the fields of writing,news,education,business
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[ noun ] a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses

Used in print

(Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)

In my studio I work at a tilt-top_table , but leave the paper unfixed so that I can move it freely to control the washes .

I have used a variety of heavy-weight hand-made papers , but prefer an English make , rough surface , in 400 - pound weight .

([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)

Are you using the most economical printing methods , paper , etc. .

(Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)

In the South , after the first year of the war , paper and ink were very poor .

Scarcity of paper caused many Southerners to adopt the practice of cross writing , i._e. , after writing from left to right of the page in the usual manner , they gave the sheet a half turn and wrote from end to end across the lines previously written .

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[ noun ] (writing,education) an essay (especially one written as an assignment)

Examples

"he got an A on his composition"

Used in print

(1961 Research Highlights of the National Bureau of...)

Dr._A._V._Astin , NBS_Director , opened the 5 - day session with introductory remarks , following which a total of twenty-six papers were given throughout the week by NBS scientists , from both the Washington and Boulder_Laboratories .

(H. A. Gleason, "Review of African language studies...)

A second explanation is suggested by the material described in Rowlands ' paper .

One other paper deals with a phonologic problem :

But it would seem more intended as a tract advocating the prosodic theory than a paper directed to the specific problems of Igbo phonology .

The paper has a certain value as a comparatively easy introduction to this approach , particularly since it treats a fairly simple and straightforward phenomenon where it is possible to compare it with a more traditional ( though not structural ) statement .

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[ noun ] (writing,news) a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements

Synonyms

newspaper

Examples

"he read his newspaper at breakfast"

Used in print

(Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)

It should be admitted , too , that there is a good percentage of lapsed or nonchurchgoing Catholics ( one paper writes 50 per_cent ) .

(Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)

In the kitchen , Leona , his little young wife , was reading the morning paper .

(Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)

Readers of the Reader_'s_Digest are familiar_with such items which often appear in its lists of verbal slips , like the ad in a California paper that advertised `` House for rent .

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[ noun ] medium for written communication

Examples

"the notion of an office running without paper is absurd"

Used in print

(R. P. Jerrard, "Inscribed squares in plane curves"...)

In the following paper it is shown that in a certain definite sense , exactly an odd number of squares can be inscribed in every such curve which does not contain an infinite number of inscribed squares .

(Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)

Could he have pen and paper , please ?

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

Once her trembling hand , with the pen grasped tight in it , was pressed against the paper the words came sharply , smoothly , as authoritatively as they would dropping from her own lips .

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medium page

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[ noun ] (writing) a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses

Examples

"he has written many scientific papers"

Used in print

(Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)

The medical title of `` Lobar_Ventilation_in_Man '' by Drs._C._J._Martin and A._C._Young , covers a brief paper which is one part of a much larger effort to apply electronics to the study of the respiratory process .

A group of researchers at the University_of_Washington have given a paper which briefly outlines some of these techniques .

A good_example of the results obtainable with ultrasonic radiation is contained in papers presented by Dr._G._Baum who has explored the human eye .

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article

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[ noun ] (writing,business) a business firm that publishes newspapers

Examples

"Murdoch owns many newspapers"

Used in print

(Sports Age, 24:9...)

The shooting development program of the Sporting_Arms_and_Ammunition_Manufacturers_'_Institute has successfully published these facts in all major outdoor magazines , many national weeklies and the trade papers .

(Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)

He then got a job with the Chicago_Herald-Examiner as a circulation_slugger , a rough fighter employed to see that his paper 's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors .

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publisher

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[ verb ] cover with paper

Examples

"paper the box"

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cover

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[ adjective ] made of paper

Examples

"they wore paper hats at the party"

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insubstantial

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[ verb ] cover with wallpaper

Synonyms

wallpaper

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cover wallpaper wallpaperer

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[ noun ] (writing) a newspaper as a physical object

Synonyms

newspaper

Examples

: "when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper"

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product

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