paper

Noun
  1. A material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses (synset 114998823)
    is a type of: material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
    subtypes:
    • card - one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
    • confetti - small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions (as at a wedding)
    • piece of paper, sheet, sheet of paper - paper used for writing or printing
    • art paper - a high-quality paper (usually having a filler of china clay)
    • blotter, blotting paper - absorbent paper used to dry ink
    • blueprint paper - sensitized paper used to make blueprints
    • carbon, carbon paper - a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper
    • cardboard, composition board - a stiff moderately thick paper
    • cartridge paper - paper for making cartridge cases
    • chad - a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape
    • computer paper - paper folded to permit continuous printing controlled by a computer
    • construction paper - paper suitable for drawing and making cutouts
    • crepe, crepe paper - paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations
    • drawing paper - paper that is specially prepared for use in drafting
    • filter paper - a porous unsized paper used for filtering
    • flypaper - paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill flies
    • graph paper - paper that has lines to permit drawing graphs
    • greaseproof paper - paper that is impermeable to oil or grease; used in cooking
    • linen, linen paper - a high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish
    • litmus paper - unsized paper treated with litmus for use as an acid-base indicator
    • manifold, manifold paper - a lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple copies
    • manila, manila paper, manilla, manilla paper - a strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp
    • music paper, score paper - paper with lines appropriate for writing music
    • newspaper, newsprint - cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers
    • oilpaper - paper that has been made translucent and waterproof by soaking in oil
    • india paper - a thin tough opaque paper used in fine books
    • pad, pad of paper, tablet - a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
    • paper tape - a long narrow strip of paper
    • paper toweling - absorbent paper used as toweling
    • paper-mache, papier-mache - a substance made from paper pulp that can be molded when wet and painted when dry
    • papyrus - paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans
    • parchment - a superior paper resembling sheepskin
    • rice paper - a thin delicate material resembling paper; made from the rice-paper tree
    • roofing paper, tar paper - a heavy paper impregnated with tar and used as part of a roof for waterproofing
    • ticker tape - a continuous thin ribbon of paper on which stock quotes are written
    • tissue, tissue paper - a soft thin (usually translucent) paper
    • tracing paper - a semitransparent paper that is used for tracing drawings
    • transfer paper - a paper that is coated with a preparation for transferring a design to another surface
    • wallpaper - a decorative paper for the walls of rooms
    • waste paper - paper discarded after use
    • wax paper - paper that has been waterproofed by treatment with wax or paraffin
    • wrapping paper - a tough paper used for wrapping
    • writing paper - paper material made into thin sheets that are sized to take ink; used for writing correspondence and manuscripts
    substance holonym: cellulose - a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers
  2. An essay (especially one written as an assignment) (synset 106421395)
    "he got an A on his composition"
    is a type of: essay - an analytic or interpretive literary composition
    subtypes: term paper - a composition intended to indicate a student's progress during a school term
    same as: composition, report, theme
  3. A daily or weekly publication on folded sheets;
    Contains news and articles and advertisements (synset 106277798)
    "he read his newspaper at breakfast"
    is a type of: press, public press - the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
    subtypes:
    has:
    same as: newspaper
  4. A medium for written communication (synset 106266190)
    "the notion of an office running without paper is absurd"
    is a type of: medium - a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
    substance meronym: page - one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
  5. A scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses (synset 106280609)
    "he has written many scientific papers"
    is a type of: article - nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
  6. A business firm that publishes newspapers (synset 108079806)
    "Murdoch owns many newspapers"
    is a type of: publisher, publishing company, publishing firm, publishing house - a firm in the publishing business
    same as: newspaper, newspaper publisher
  7. The physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher (synset 103827711)
    "when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper"
    is a type of: product, production - an artifact that has been created by someone or some process
    same as: newspaper
Verb
  1. Cover with paper (synset 201271021)
    "paper the box"
    is a type of: cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered
  2. Cover with wallpaper (synset 201270676)
    is a type of: cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered
    same as: wallpaper

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