Paper
/ˈpeɪpə/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:11 pts5 letters
Definition of 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.
- A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
- Wallpaper.
- Wrapping paper.
- (rock paper scissors) An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
verb
- To apply paper to.
"to paper the hallway walls"
- To document; to memorialize.
"After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up."
- To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.
"As the event has not sold well, we'll need to paper the house."
- To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).
- To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.
adjective
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