Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Writing paper used especially for brief letters or notes.

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  • noun Relatively small writing paper used for writing notes or letters; often provided with matching envelopes.

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  • noun writing paper intended for writing short notes or letters

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Examples

  • I bet the notepaper was a birthday present from her grandma, who had pads and pads of the stuff made for her, which sounds nice but gimme a break—who wants paper with your name on it for a present?

    Milo Alan Silberberg 2010

  • I bet the notepaper was a birthday present from her grandma, who had pads and pads of the stuff made for her, which sounds nice but gimme a break—who wants paper with your name on it for a present?

    Milo Alan Silberberg 2010

  • Here's an interesting tool for back-to-paper evangelists called a notepaper generator.

    Notepaper generator dave gray 2005

  • The spell of San Salvatore lurked even, it seemed, in notepaper.

    The Enchanted April 1922

  • Stamped in the left-hand corner of the notepaper was a telephone number.

    December Love Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

  • The notepaper was the notepaper of the Hotel de Paris, the date the night before, the words few and unmistakable:

    Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo Will [Illustrator] Gref�� 1906

  • At the top of the notepaper was a very red robin, who carried a blue Christmas greeting in his mouth, and at the bottom – written with the A.

    The Brownies and Other Tales 1871

  • I must also mention our paper-supply, which was in all respects as fine and elegant as it could possibly be: the most exquisite notepaper, stamped with a picture of the Fram and the name of the expedition, in large and small size, broad and narrow, old style and new style -- every kind of notepaper, in fact.

    The South Pole~ Plan and Preparations 2009

  • I must also mention our paper-supply, which was in all respects as fine and elegant as it could possibly be: the most exquisite notepaper, stamped with a picture of the Fram and the name of the expedition, in large and small size, broad and narrow, old style and new style — every kind of notepaper, in fact.

    The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

  • I must also mention our paper-supply, which was in all respects as fine and elegant as it could possibly be: the most exquisite notepaper, stamped with a picture of the Fram and the name of the expedition, in large and small size, broad and narrow, old style and new style -- every kind of notepaper, in fact.

    The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1 Roald Amundsen 1900

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