paper

paper is a 5-letter English word with 21 senses as noun, adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 21 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried.
2. noun. A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance.
3. noun. A printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the like; a writing; as, a paper read before a scientific society.
4. noun. A printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a journal; as, a daily paper.
5. noun. Negotiable evidences of indebtedness; notes; bills of exchange, and the like; as, the bank holds a large amount of his paper.
6. noun. Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper. See Paper hangings, below.
7. noun. A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as, a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.
8. noun. A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application; as, cantharides paper.
9. adjective. Of or pertaining to paper; made of paper; resembling paper; existing only on paper; unsubstantial; as, a paper box; a paper army.
10. transitive verb. To cover with paper; to furnish with paper hangings; as, to paper a room or a house.
11. transitive verb. To fold or inclose in paper.
12. transitive verb. To put on paper; to make a memorandum of.
13. noun. the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher

    "when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper"

    Synonyms: newspaper

14. noun. a medium for written communication

    "the notion of an office running without paper is absurd"

15. noun. a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements

    "he read his newspaper at breakfast"

    Synonyms: newspaper

16. noun. a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses

    "he has written many scientific papers"

17. noun. an essay (especially one written as an assignment)

    "he got an A on his composition"

    Synonyms: composition, report, theme

18. noun. a business firm that publishes newspapers

    "Murdoch owns many newspapers"

    Synonyms: newspaper

19. noun. a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
20. verb. cover with wallpaper

    Synonyms: wallpaper

21. verb. cover with paper

    "paper the box"

Synonyms

newspaper, composition, report, theme, wallpaper

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in paper:

rappe

Common word forms

papers, papered, paperer, paperful, papering, paperless

Words from these letters

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