paper
noun
[ ˈpeɪpə ]
• material manufactured in thin sheets from the pulp of wood or other fibrous substances, used for writing, drawing, or printing on, or as wrapping material.
• "a sheet of paper"
• a sheet of paper with something written or printed on it.
• "he riffled through the papers on his desk"
• a set of examination questions to be answered at one session.
• "we had to sit a three-hour paper"
• an essay or dissertation, especially one read at an academic lecture or seminar or published in an academic journal.
• "he published a highly original paper on pattern formation"
Similar:
essay,
article,
composition,
monograph,
thesis,
work,
dissertation,
treatise,
study,
report,
analysis,
tract,
critique,
exegesis,
review,
disquisition,
discourse,
piece of writing,
theme,
• free passes of admission to a theatre or other entertainment.
paper
verb
• apply wallpaper to (a wall or room).
• "the walls were papered in a Regency stripe"
• fill (a theatre) by giving out free tickets.
• "surely the theatre could at least have papered the house if the box office was looking so poor"
Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French papir, from Latin papyrus ‘paper-reed’ (see papyrus). The verb dates from the late 16th century.
