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Paper is a thin material made of fiber pulp. (noun)

An example of paper is the sheets in a computer printer.
An example of paper is the pages in a book.

A paper is an essay, written report or school exam. (noun)

An example of paper is a master's thesis.

A paper is a newspaper. (noun)

An example of paper is the printed version of The New York Times.

See paper in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a thin, flexible material made usually in sheets from a pulp prepared from rags, wood, or other fibrous material, and used for writing or printing on, for packaging, as structural material, as a fabric substitute, etc.
a single piece or sheet of paper
a printed or written sheet; specif.,
1. an official document
2. an essay, monograph, or dissertation, as read before a learned society, published in a scholarly journal, etc.
3. a written examination, report, theme, etc.
1. commercial paper
2. paper money
1. newspaper
2. wallpaper
a small wrapper or card of paper, usually including its contents: a paper of pins
any material like paper, as papyrus
1. documents identifying a person; credentials
2. a collection of documents, letters, writings, etc., esp. of one person: the Lincoln papers
Slang
1. a free pass or passes to a theater, etc.
2. the people admitted by free passes

adjective

of paper; made of paper
like paper; thin
existing only in written or printed form; theoretical; not real: paper profits

transitive verb

to cover or line with paper; specif., to cover or decorate with wallpaper
to wrap or enclose in paper
Slang to help to fill (a theater, etc.) by issuing free passes
Archaic to describe in writing

intransitive verb

to hang wallpaper

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paperer noun

See paper in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(pāˈpər)

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.
A single sheet of this material.
One or more sheets of paper bearing writing or printing, especially:
a. A formal written composition intended to be published, presented, or read aloud; a scholarly essay or treatise.
b. A piece of written work for school; a report or theme.
c. An official document, especially one establishing the identity of the bearer. Often used in the plural.
papers A collection of letters, diaries, and other writings, especially by one person: the Madison papers.
Commercial documents that represent value and can be transferred from owner to owner; negotiable instruments considered as a group: “billions more invested in American stocks, bonds, certificates of deposit, and other paper” (Christian Science Monitor).
A newspaper.
Wallpaper.
A wrapper made of paper, often with its contents: a paper of pins.
Slang
a. A free pass to a theater.
b. The audience admitted with free passes.

transitive verb pa·pered, pa·per·ing, pa·pers

To cover, wrap, or line with paper.
To cover with wallpaper.
To supply with paper.
Slang To issue free passes for (a theater, for example).
To construct (something) in haste and with little forethought: papered together a new coalition of political convenience.

adjective

Made of paper.
Resembling paper, as in thinness or flimsiness.
Of or relating to clerical work: paper duties.
a. Existing only in printed or written form: paper profits; a paper corporation.
b. Planned but not realized; theoretical.

Phrasal Verb: paper over To put or keep out of sight; conceal: paper over a deficit with accounting gimmicks. To downplay or gloss over (differences, for example), especially in order to maintain a nominal, apparent, or temporary unity.

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