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Phonetic: "/ˈpeɪpə/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.

Definition: A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).

Definition: Wallpaper.

Definition: Wrapping paper.

Definition: (rock paper scissors) 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.

Definition: A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written for the Government.

Definition: 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).

Definition: A scholastic essay.

Definition: A set of examination questions to be answered at one session.

Definition: Money.

Definition: A university course.

Definition: A paper packet containing a quantity of items.

Example: a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.

Definition: A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.

Example: cantharides paper

Definition: A substance resembling paper secreted by certain invertebrates as protection for their nests and eggs.

Definition: Free passes of admission to a theatre, etc.

Definition: (by extension) The people admitted by free passes.

Phonetic: "/ˈpeɪpə/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To apply paper to.

Example: to paper the hallway walls

Definition: To document; to memorialize.

Example: After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up.

Definition: To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.

Example: As the event has not sold well, we'll need to paper the house.

Definition: To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).

Definition: To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.

Definition: To sandpaper.

Definition: To enfold in paper.

Definition: To paste the endpapers and flyleaves at the beginning and end of a book before fitting it into its covers.

Phonetic: "/ˈpeɪpə/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Made of paper.

Example: paper bag; paper plane

Definition: Insubstantial (from the weakness of common paper)

Example: paper tiger; paper gangster

Definition: Planned (from plans being drawn up on paper)

Example: paper rocket; paper engine

Definition: Having a title that is merely official, or given by courtesy or convention.

Example: a paper baron; a paper lord