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The correct spelling is papers.

How to pronounce papers

/ˈpeɪpəz/
noun

IPA: /ˈpeɪpəz/

Say it like: Pap-ers

The correct spelling is papers. 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. 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. 2.A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
  3. 3.Wallpaper.
  4. 4.Wrapping paper.
  5. 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. 1.To apply paper to.
  2. 2.To document; to memorialize.
  3. 3.To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.
  4. 4.To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).
  5. 5.To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.

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