paper
1. a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses (Freq. 30)
• Derivationally related forms:
papery
• Hypernyms:
material, stuff
• Hyponyms:
card, confetti, sheet, piece of paper, sheet of paper,
art paper, blotting paper, blotter, blueprint paper, carbon paper, carbon,
cardboard, composition board, cartridge paper, chad, computer paper, construction paper,
crepe, crepe paper, drawing paper, filter paper, flypaper, graph paper,
greaseproof paper, linen, linen paper, litmus paper, manifold paper, manifold,
manila, manila paper, manilla, manilla paper, music paper, score paper,
newspaper, newsprint, oilpaper, india paper, pad, pad of paper,
tablet, paper tape, paper toweling, papier-mache, paper-mache, papyrus,
parchment, rice paper, roofing paper, tar paper, ticker tape, tissue,
tissue paper, tracing paper, transfer paper, wallpaper, waste paper, wax paper,
wrapping paper, writing paper
• Substance Meronyms:
cellulose
2. an essay (especially one written as an assignment) (Freq. 21)
- he got an A on his composition
• Syn:
composition, report, theme
• Hypernyms:
essay
• Hyponyms:
term paper
3. a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets;
contains news and articles and advertisements (Freq. 12)
- he read his newspaper at breakfast
• Syn:
newspaper
• Hypernyms:
press, public press
• Hyponyms:
daily, gazette, school newspaper, school paper, tabloid,
rag, sheet
• Part Meronyms:
rotogravure, column, editorial, newspaper column, feature,
feature article, news article, news story, newspaper article, headline, newspaper headline,
sports section, news item, comic strip, cartoon strip, strip, funnies
4. a medium for written communication (Freq. 4)
- the notion of an office running without paper is absurd
• Hypernyms:
medium
• Substance Holonyms:
page
5. a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses (Freq. 3)
- he has written many scientific papers
• Hypernyms:
article
6. a business firm that publishes newspapers (Freq. 2)
- Murdoch owns many newspapers
• Syn:
newspaper, newspaper publisher
• Hypernyms:
publisher, publishing house, publishing firm, publishing company
7. the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher
- when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper
• Syn:
newspaper
• Hypernyms:
product, production
1. cover with paper
- paper the box
• Hypernyms:
cover
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. cover with wallpaper
• Syn:
wallpaper
• Derivationally related forms:
paperer, papering, wallpaper (for: wallpaper), wallpaperer (for: wallpaper)
• Hypernyms:
cover
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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