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   Pa·per

   /ˈpāpər/

   

   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 piece or sheet of paper with something written or drawn 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
   • ▪ significant or important documents belonging to a person: "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. an essay or thesis, 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
   • 4. free passes of admission to a theater 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 ill feeling between her and Jenny must have been papered over"
   • 2. fill (a theater) by giving out free tickets: theatrical slang "surely the theater 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

   Scrabble Points: 9

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   • A

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   • P

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   • E

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