noun
- A material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses.
- An essay (especially one written as an assignment. )
- usage: "he got an A on his composition"
- synonyms: composition, report, theme
- A daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements.
- usage: "he read his newspaper at breakfast"
- synonyms: newspaper
- A medium for written communication.
- usage: "the notion of an office running without paper is absurd"
- A scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses.
- usage: "he has written many scientific papers"
- A business firm that publishes newspapers.
- usage: "Murdoch owns many newspapers"
- synonyms: newspaper, newspaper publisher
- The physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher.
- usage: "when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper"
- synonyms: newspaper
verb
- Cover with paper.
- usage: "paper the box"
- Cover with wallpaper.
- synonyms: wallpaper
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