Meaning of paper | Babel Free

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1. A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
   countable, uncountable
2. role
3. With a paperback binding; as a paperback.
4. Ellipsis of newspaper; anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
5. on paper, a. in written or printed form.
6. Ellipsis of wallpaper.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
7. A relatively brief discourse written especially as an exercise:composition, essay, theme.
8. Ellipsis of wrapping paper.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
9. like paper. papery leaves. papieragtig وَرَقِي като хартия como papel papírovitý papierähnlich papiragtig που είναι σαν χαρτί parecido al papel, como de papel paberitaoline کاغذ مانند paperinohut mince comme le papier דַק כְּניָר कागजी papirnat papírszerű seperti kertas pappírslegur (simile a carta) 紙のような 종이 같은 kaip popierius papīram līdzīgs spt kertas papierachtig papirtynn, papiraktig jak papier كاغذي como papel (ca) de hârtie бумажный papierovitý tenek kot papir papirni som papper, pappers...
10. An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
    countable, uncountable
11. a book with a paper cover. sagtebandboek كِتاب بِغِلاف من وَرَق книга с меки корици livro de bolso brožovaná kniha das Paperback paperback χαρτόδετο βιβλίοlibro en rústica pehmekaaneline raamat کتابی با جلد نازک taskukirja livre de poche סֵפֶר בִּכּרִיכָה רַכָּה कागज जिल्द, कागज चढ़ी पुस्तक broširana (obično đepna) knjiga puha kötésű (v. puhafedeles) könyv sampul kertas pappírskilja libro tascabile ペーパーバック 페이퍼백, 종이 표지의 책 knyga plonu viršeliu brošēta (plānos vākos) grāmata berkulit lembut pape...
12. A written document, generally shorter than a book; usually written as a school assignment or a government report.
    countable, uncountable
13. A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal (as a journal article or the manuscript for one) or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting (such as a conference, workshop, or symposium).
    countable, uncountable
14. paperback novels. sagtebandagtig رِوايات ذات غِلاف وَرَقي евтин de bolso brožovaný Paperback-... paperback- χαρτόδετος de bolsillo pehmekaaneline جلد نازک paperikantinen de poche בִּכּרִיכָה רַכָּה पेपरबैक đepna knjiga puhafedeles, papírkötésű sampul kertas pappírskilju- tascabile ペーパーバックの 염가 본 (보급판)의 aptaisytas plonu viršeliu brošēts berkulit lembut pocket- heftet, i billigutgave w miękkiej oprawce نازکه کتاب de bolso broşat в мягком переплёте v mäkkej väzbe broširan koji ima mekane korice h...
15. a small, usually metal clip for holding papers together. She attached her note to the papers with a paper-clip. skuifspeld مِشْبَك للوَرَق кламер clipe sponka die Büroklammer clips συνδετήραςsujetapapeles kirjaklamber گیره کاغذ paperiliitin tromboneמהדק कागज का क्लिप, कागजों को संलग्न करने वाली क्लिप spajalica gemkapocs penjepit kertas bréfaklemma graffetta, clip 紙ばさみ 종이 집게, 클립 sąvaržėlė (papīra) saspraude klip kertas paperclipbindersspinacz د كاغذ كلفتك clipe agrafă pen­tru hârtii скрепка дл...
    usually
16. A set of examination questions to be answered at one session.
    British, Hong-Kong, countable, uncountable
17. a knife used for opening envelopes etc. briewemes فَتّاحة مَظاريف нож за хартия corta-papéis nůž na dopisy der Brieföffner papirkniv χαρτοκόπτηςcortapapeles, abrecartas paberinuga کارد پاکت بازکن paperiveitsi coupe-papier סַכִּין מִכתָבִים पत्र कर्तक, कागज चाकू, कागज कार्तित्र nož za papir papírvágó kés pisau kertas bréfahnífur tagliacarte 紙切りナイフ 종이 자르는 칼 peilis popieriui pjaustyti papīrnazis pisau pembuka sampul surat papiermesbrevåpner, papirkniv nóż do papieru یوه دوله چاقو ده corta-papéis...
    etc
18. Money.
    countable, slang, uncountable
19. the art of modelling with folded paper. papierbeeldjie فَن موديلات الأزياء الوَرَقيَّه оригами origami modelování ze skládaného papíru die Papierfaltkunst origami χαρτογλυπτική papiroflexia paberskulptuur مجسمه سازی با کاغذ paperintaittelu origami אוֹרִיגָאמִי कागज मोड़ कर बनाए गए माडल modeliranje papirom papírszobrászat seni melipat kertas pappírsskúlptur/-mótun origami 紙細工 종이 조각(彫刻) modelių lankstymas iš popieriaus veidošana no papīra seni lipatan kertas papiervouwkunst origami, papirbretti...
20. Any financial assets other than specie, including paper money, commercial paper, and others.
    uncountable
21. a small, heavy object which can be put on top of pieces of paper to keep them in place, also used as an ornament. papiergewig ثُقّالة الوَرَق преспапие peso para papel těžítko der Briefbeschwerer brevpresser πρες παπιέ pisapapeles paberivajutis وزنه کاغذ paperipaino presse-papiers מִשקוֹלֶת נְיָרוֹת कागज दाब pritiskivač za papire levélnehezék penindih kertas bréfapressa fermacarte 文ちん 문진 prespapjė prese (rakstāmgalda piederums) penindih kertas presse-papierbrevpresseprzycisk د كاغذ وزن pesa-p...
22. A university course.
    New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
23. A paper packet containing a quantity of items.
    countable, uncountable
24. A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.
    countable, uncountable
25. A substance resembling paper secreted by certain invertebrates as protection for their nests and eggs.
    countable, uncountable
26. Free passes of admission to a theatre, etc.
    countable, dated, uncountable
27. The people admitted by free passes.
    broadly, countable, dated, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Draw on the paper! Not on the walls!”

“The paper mill on the south side of town makes various grades of paper and employs hundreds of people.”

“He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.”

“Read all about it in this morning's paper!”

“In those days, the Reporter Dispatch was the paper of record around here, and everyone who was anyone took the paper [was a subscriber].”

“"I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal.[…]."”

““Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke[…]whom the papers are making such a fuss about.””

“However, Anyon Kay remembers a Mr Walton Ainsworth, of Beech House, Rivington, who owned mills in Bolton, being a regular user before the First World War. He used to drive by horse and trap from his mansion to catch the 0906 train to Bolton each day. Before arriving at the station, local newsagent Tom Dutton would hand Mr Ainsworth his morning paper!”

“The paperhangers had just finished hanging the paper in the dining room when the interior decorator walked in and exclaimed that it was the wrong color.”

“There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.”

“In those days, you asked the butcher for a block of cheese, and he wrapped it up in paper for you.”

“The kids could hardly wait to tear the paper off their Christmas gifts.”

“Near-synonym: report”

“I can't go out tonight. I have a paper due tomorrow, and I need to finish it tonight.”

“Their team published a paper in the leading journal of their field, and its widespread impact elevated the reputation of their university department.”

“This paper surveys the research methods and approaches used in the multidisciplinary field of applied language studies or language education over the last fourty^([sic]) years. Drawing on insights gained in psycho- and sociolinguistics, educational linguistics and linguistic anthropology with regard to language and culture, it is organized around five major questions that concern language educators.”

“Why might not a Government annuity, the Principal of which was originally invested in Paper since the Cash suspension in 1797, be constituted the guarantee of Paper Money, emendating from that investiture and suspension, and the Parliament authority transferred to its security, as it has been to its creation, in preference to all others, while Paper continues our general Medium.”

“That great, rich institution,[…]has three millions and a half specie in its vaults, and nearly six millions invested in paper, loans, discounts, pledges—suddenly turned up the other day[…].”

“a paper in ology”

“She's taking four papers this semester: two in psychology and two in sociology.”

“a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.”

“cantharides paper”

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