Etymology : Middle English papir, from Middle French papier, from Latin papyrus papyrus, paper, from Greek papyros papyrus
Pronunciation : pA-p&r
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. thin sheets of fibrous material used to write on; newspaper; article; essay; wallpaper; questionnaire. cover with wallpaper. made from paper; on paper. money. paper\pa"per\ , n. [f. papier, fr. l. papyrus papyrus, from which the egyptians made a kind of paper, gr. . cf. papyrus.].
2. a substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. it is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried.
3. a sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance.
4. a printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the like; a writing; as, a paper read before a scientific society. they brought a paper to me to be signed.
5. a printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a journal; as, a daily paper.
6. negotiable evidences of indebtedness; notes; bills of exchange, and the like; as, the bank holds a large amount of his paper.
7. decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper. see:
paper hangings, below.
8. a paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as, a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.
9. a medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application; as, cantharides paper.note: paper is manufactured in sheets, the trade names of which, together with the regular sizes in inches, are shown in the following table. but paper makers vary the size somewhat.note: in the manufacture of books, etc., a sheet, of whatever size originally, is termed, when folded once, a folio; folded twice, a quarto, or 4to; three times, an octavo, or 8vo; four times, a sextodecimo, or 16mo; five times, a 32mo; three times, with an offcut folded twice and set in, a duodecimo, or 12mo; four times, with an offcut folded three times and set in, a 24mo.note: paper is often used adjectively or in combination, having commonly an obvious signification; as, paper cutter or paper-cutter; paper knife, paper-knife, or paperknife; paper maker, paper-maker, or papermaker; paper mill or paper-mill; paper weight, paper-weight, or paperweight, etc.
10. Cloth or paper covered with powdered carborundum.
11. A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping.
12. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried.
13. A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance.
14. A printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the like; a writing; as, a paper read before a scientific society.
15. A printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a journal; as, a daily paper.
16. Negotiable evidences of indebtedness; notes; bills of exchange, and the like; as, the bank holds a large amount of his paper.
17. Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper.
18. See Paper hangings, below.
19. A paper containing a definite quantity; as, a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.
20. A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application; as, cantharides paper.
21. Of or pertaining to paper; made of paper; resembling paper; existing only on paper; unsubstantial; as, a paper box; a paper army.
22. To cover with paper; to furnish with paper hangings; as, to paper a room or a house.
23. To fold or inclose in paper.
24. To put on paper; to make a memorandum of. medium for written communication; "the notion of an office running without paper is absurd" a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses; "he has written many scientific papers" a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses cover with paper; "paper the box" made of paper; "they wore paper hats at the party".
25. 1. Paper is a material that you write on or wrap things with. The pages of this book are made of paper. He wrote his name down on a piece of paper for me She sat at the table with pen and paper. a sheet of pretty wrapping paper. a paper bag.
26. A paper is a newspaper. I'll cook and you read the paper.
27. You can refer to newspapers in general as the paper or the papers. You can't believe everything you read in the paper.
28. Your papers are sheets of paper with writing or information on them, which you might keep in a safe place at home. Her papers included unpublished articles and correspondence.
29. Your papers are official documents, for example your passport or identity card, which prove who you are or which give you official permission to do something. They have arrested four people who were trying to leave the country with forged papers. = identification.
30. A paper is a long, formal piece of writing about an academic subject. He just published a paper in the journal Nature analyzing the fires.
31. A paper is an essay written by a student. the ten common errors that appear most frequently in student papers. see also:
term paper.
32. A paper is a part of a written examination in which you answer a number of questions in a particular period of time. We sat each paper in the Hall.
33. A paper prepared by a government or a committee is a report on a question they have been considering or a set of proposals for changes in the law. a new government paper on European policy. see also:
Green Paper, White Paper.
34. Paper agreements, qualifications, or profits are ones that are stated by official documents to exist, although they may not really be effective or useful. We're looking for people who have experience rather than paper qualifications.
35. If you paper a wall, you put wallpaper on it. We papered all four bedrooms The room was strange, the walls half papered, half painted.
36. If you put your thoughts down on paper, you write them down. It is important to get something down on paper.
37. If something seems to be the case on paper, it seems to be the case from what you read or hear about it, but it may not really be the case. On paper, their country is a multi-party democracy.
38. disapproval If you say that a promise, an agreement, or a guarantee is not worth the paper it's written on, you mean that although it has been written down and seems to be official, it is in fact worthless because what has been promised will not be done. Matted or felted sheet, usually made of cellulose fibres, formed on a wire screen from water suspension. Source materials include wood pulp, rags, and recycled paper. The fibres are separated (by processes that may be mechanical, chemical, or both) and wetted to produce paper pulp, or stock. The pulp is filtered on a woven screen to form a sheet of fibre, which is pressed and compacted to squeeze out most of the water. The remaining water is removed by evaporation, and the dry sheet is further compressed and often (depending on the intended use) coated or infused with other substances. Types of paper in common use include bond paper, book paper, bristol (or bristol board), groundwood and newsprint, kraft paper, paperboard, and sanitary paper (for towels, napkins, etc.). See also calendering; Fourdrinier machine; kraft process. paper birch paper chromatography paper folding Federalist papers Pentagon Papers.
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