English noun: newspaper |
1. | newspaper (communication) a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements |
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| Samples | He read his newspaper at breakfast.
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| Synonyms | paper |
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| Broader (hypernym) | press, public press |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | daily, gazette, rag, school newspaper, school paper, sheet, tabloid |
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| Part holonym | cartoon strip, column, comic strip, editorial, feature, feature article, funnies, headline, news article, news item, news story, newspaper article, newspaper column, newspaper headline, rotogravure, sports section, strip |
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2. | newspaper (group) a business firm that publishes newspapers |
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| Samples | Murdoch owns many newspapers.
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| Synonyms | newspaper publisher, paper |
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| Broader (hypernym) | publisher, publishing company, publishing firm, publishing house |
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3. | newspaper (artifact) the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher |
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| Samples | When it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper.
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| Synonyms | paper |
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| Broader (hypernym) | product, production |
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4. | newspaper (substance) cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers |
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| Samples | They used bales of newspaper every day.
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| Synonyms | newsprint |
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| Broader (hypernym) | paper |
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