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Commonpaper
The correct spelling is paper.
How to pronounce paper
/ˈpeɪpə/
nounIPA: /ˈpeɪpə/
Say it like: Pap-er
The correct spelling is paper. 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. For example: "a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc."
Usage Examples
“a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.”
“cantharides paper”
“to paper the hallway walls”
Meanings
noun
- 1.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.
- 2.A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
- 3.Wallpaper.
- 4.Wrapping paper.
- 5.(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.
verb
- 1.To apply paper to.
- 2.To document; to memorialize.
- 3.To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.
- 4.To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).
- 5.To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.
adjective
- 1.Made of paper.
- 2.Insubstantial (from the weakness of common paper)
- 3.Planned (from plans being drawn up on paper)
- 4.Having a title that is merely official, or given by courtesy or convention.
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