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Paper
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"
- wallpaper
"the walls were damp—paper hung away in long strips"
- a sheet of paper with something written or printed on it
"he riffled through the papers on his desk"
- a newspaper
"the story made the front page of the local paper"
- personal documents
"the personal papers of major political figures"
- documents attesting identity; credentials
"two men stopped us and asked us for our papers"
- a government report or policy document
"a recently leaked cabinet paper"
- denoting something that is officially documented but has no real existence
"a paper profit"
- a set of examination questions to be answered at one session
"we had to sit a three-hour paper"
- the written answers to examination questions
"you need to test your students, mark their papers, and place them in the right class"
- 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"
- free passes of admission to a theatre or other entertainment
- apply wallpaper to (a wall or room)
"the walls were papered in a Regency stripe"
- cover a hole or blemish with wallpaper
"interior panels can be of fairly basic wood that will be papered over"
- disguise an awkward problem instead of resolving it
"the unions tried to paper over their differences"
- 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"