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  1. noun A material made of cellulose pulp, derived mainly from wood, rags, and certain grasses, processed into flexible sheets or rolls by deposit from an aqueous suspension, and used chiefly for writing, printing, drawing, wrapping, and covering walls.
  2. noun A single sheet of this material.
  3. noun One or more sheets of paper bearing writing or printing, especially:

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  • We must inflict a few passages from this document on the reader, as the paper was the cause of some trouble hereafter Diary of the Sixth Form Mouse Monday.--Up early and took a good breakfast in one of the desks where there was a jam sandwich and several toffee-drops. —  The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story
  • The man in the sweet-shop told him his only chance of getting a paper was at the railway station So to the station he strolled, with a brandy-ball in each cheek. —  The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story
  • Your paper was a very poor performance Simon groaned and gulped down his astonishment I say," whispered he to Oliver, who sat in front of him, "I know it's a mistake: you know I wrote five cantos about the Shar--good too. —  The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story
  • Hand me the book, Loman The Doctor's voice, as he uttered these words, was strangely solemn Loman hurriedly took a paper from between the leaves and handed the book to the Doctor Hand me that paper, Loman Loman hesitated Obey me, Loman Loman looked once at the Doctor, and once at the Juvenal; then, with a groan, he flung the paper down on to the desk The Doctor took it up This paper," said he, slowly, and in an agitated voice--"this paper is the missing paper of questions for the Nightingale Scholarship last term. —  The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story
  • Through his New York Tribune he reached an immense audience, to a great part of whom the paper was a kind of political Bible. —  The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement
 

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book ·  letter ·  newspaper ·  article ·  sheet ·  piece ·  card ·  document ·  clothe ·  page ·  picture ·  glass

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paper:   papers ·  papering
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French papier, from Latin papȳrus, papyrus plant, papyrus paper, from Greek papūros.

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  1. from Middle English paper, papir, paupire = Dutch papier = Middle Low German pappīr, papīr = late Middle High German G. papier = Icelandic pappīr = Swedish, paper = Danish papir, from Old French papier, French papier = Spanish Portuguese papel, from Latin papyrus, also papyrum (Middle Latin also papirus), paper made of papyrus, also a garment made from papyrus, properly the plant papyrus, from Greek πάπυρος (παπν̄ρος, sometimes παπῠρος), the plant papyrus, a kind of rush (see papyrus), also anything made of it, as linen cord, etc. The Greek word for ‘paper’ was χάρτης, Latin charta: see chart, charter, card.
  2. from paper, n.
 

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