paper
- Noun. 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.
- Noun. A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
- Noun. (uncountable) Wallpaper.
- Noun. (uncountable) Wrapping paper.
- Noun. A written document, generally shorter than a book (''white paper'', ''term paper''), in particular one written for the Government.
- Noun. A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting (such as a conference, a workshop or a symposium).
- Noun. (slang) money.
- Noun. (New Zealand) A university course.
- Adjective. Made of paper.
- Adjective. Insubstantial.
- Verb. (transitive) To apply paper to.
- Verb. (transitive) To document; to memorialize.
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