Definitions for paper

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paper pa·per

Spelling: [pey-per]

IPA: /ˈpeɪ pər/

Paper is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in paper (aeppr).

Definitions for paper

noun

1. a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
2. a piece, sheet, or leaf of this.
3. something resembling this substance, as papyrus.
4. a written or printed document or the like.
5. stationery; writing paper.
6. a newspaper or journal.
7. an essay, article, or dissertation on a particular topic:
8. Often, papers. a document establishing or verifying identity, status, or the like:
9. negotiable notes, bills, etc., as commercial paper or paper money:
10. a promissory note.
11. papers. Nautical. ship's papers. rolling paper.
12. wallpaper.
13. toilet paper.
14. a sheet or card of paper with pins or needles stuck through it in rows.
15. a set of questions for an examination, an individual set of written answers to them, or any written piece of schoolwork.
16. Slang. a free pass to an entertainment.

Idioms

1. on paper, in written or printed form. in theory rather than in practice. existing only in a preliminary state; in a plan or design:

adjective

1. made of paper or paperlike material:
2. paperlike; thin, flimsy, or frail.
3. of, relating to, or noting routine clerical duties.
4. pertaining to or carried on by means of letters, articles, books, etc.:
5. written or printed on paper.
6. existing in theory or principle only and not in reality:
7. indicating the first event of a series, as a wedding anniversary.
8. Slang. including many patrons admitted on free passes, as an audience for a theatrical performance:

Verb phrases

1. paper over, to patch up or attempt to conceal (a difference, disagreement, etc.) so as to preserve a friendship, present a unified opinion, etc.:

verb (used with object)

1. to cover with wallpaper or apply wallpaper to:
2. to line or cover with paper.
3. to distribute handbills, posters, etc., throughout:
4. to fold, enclose, or wrap in paper.
5. to supply with paper.
6. Informal. to deluge with documents, especially those requiring one to comply with certain technical procedures, as a means of legal harassment:
7. Slang. to fill (a theater or the like) with spectators by giving away free tickets or passes.
8. Archaic. to write or set down on paper. to describe in writing.

verb (used without object)

1. to apply wallpaper to walls.

Origin of paper

1325-75; Middle English papire Latin papȳrus papyrus

Examples for paper

Back when Sam went upstate, job searches required nothing more than a typewriter, some paper, and the classifieds.

I've got a New York paper giving an account of the whole thing.

Allow beans to cool completely then remove to a paper towel-lined plate to dry.

“We would just as soon stay away from a group that will create controversy,” the Cubs general manager Sam Bernabe told the paper.

A broken kitchen knife had been thrust through a bit of the paper on the box.

He went over to the desk and began to scribble a name on the pad of paper.

The second paper of Mr. Gladstone upon the same subject was a sequel to the first.

Using a heatproof slotted spoon, remove the shallots to a paper towel-lined plate.

The reality TV mogul bared her butt—and everything else, too—for paper Magazine in a spread that sent Twitter into a tizzy.

Fouts, with a slip of paper in his hand, beckoned him from the door of his private office.