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English noun: paper | |||
| 1. | paper (substance) a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | material, stuff | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | art paper, blotter, blotting paper, blueprint paper, carbon, carbon paper, card, cardboard, cartridge paper, chad, composition board, computer paper, confetti, construction paper, crepe, crepe paper, drawing paper, filter paper, flypaper, graph paper, greaseproof paper, india paper, linen, linen paper, litmus paper, manifold, manifold paper, manila, manila paper, manilla, manilla paper, music paper, newspaper, newsprint, oilpaper, pad, pad of paper, paper tape, paper toweling, paper-mache, papier-mache, papyrus, parchment, piece of paper, rice paper, roofing paper, score paper, sheet, sheet of paper, tablet, tar paper, ticker tape, tissue, tissue paper, tracing paper, transfer paper, wallpaper, waste paper, wax paper, wrapping paper, writing paper | ||
| Substance holonym | cellulose | ||
| 2. | paper (communication) an essay (especially one written as an assignment) | ||
| Samples | He got an A on his composition. | ||
| Synonyms | composition, report, theme | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | essay | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | term paper | ||
| 3. | paper (communication) a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements | ||
| Samples | He read his newspaper at breakfast. | ||
| Synonyms | newspaper | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | press, public press | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | daily, gazette, rag, school newspaper, school paper, sheet, tabloid | ||
| 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 | ||
| 4. | paper (communication) a medium for written communication | ||
| Samples | The notion of an office running without paper is absurd. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | medium | ||
| Substance meronym | page | ||
| 5. | paper (communication) a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses | ||
| Samples | He has written many scientific papers. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | article | ||
| 6. | paper (group) a business firm that publishes newspapers | ||
| Samples | Murdoch owns many newspapers. | ||
| Synonyms | newspaper, newspaper publisher | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | publisher, publishing company, publishing firm, publishing house | ||
| 7. | paper (artifact) the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher | ||
| Samples | When it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper. | ||
| Synonyms | newspaper | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | product, production | ||
English verb: paper | |||
| 1. | paper (contact) cover with paper | ||
| Samples | Paper the box. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cover | ||
| 2. | paper (contact) cover with wallpaper | ||
| Synonyms | wallpaper | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cover | ||
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