paper

paper
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. writing paper, wallpaper, newsprint, rag paper, pulp paper, foolscap, etc.; paper money, bill, banknote, folding money; certificate, deed, document; newspaper, journal; monograph, article, composition. See covering, money, publication, record, news.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. unsubstantial, flimsy, cardboard; see thin 1 .
n.
1. [A piece of legal or official writing]
Syn. document, official document, legal paper; see record 1 .
Papers, sense 1, include: abstract, affidavit, warranty, bill, certificate, citation, contract, instrument, credentials, data, deed, diploma, indictment, grant, orders, passport, visa, plea, records, safe-conduct, subpoena, summons, testimony, writ, decree, true bill, voucher, warrant, will.
2. [A newspaper]
Syn. journal, daily, daily journal; see newspaper .
3. [A piece of writing]
Syn. essay, article, theme; see exposition 2 , writing 2 .
4. [Means of commercial exchange]
Syn. paper money, bills, bank notes; see money 1 .
5. [A manufactured product]
Paper, sense 5, includes --- writing material: typing, typewriter, stationery, bond paper, letterhead, personal stationery, ruled, rag, handmade, handtorn, deckle-edge, laid, crown, post paper, correspondence card, foolscap, second sheet, onion skin, manifold, carbon paper, note pad, note paper, note card, filing card; printing paper: newsprint, enameled, glazed, enameled book, coated stock, free sheet, machine-finished book, publication book, poster, computer, copier, Xerographic, linen finish, ripple finish, vellum, eggshell, parchment, India, wove, four-ply blank, six-ply blank, writing; Bristol board, strawboard; miscellaneous: art, rice, Chinese rice, Japanese rice, Japanese tea oatmeal, crêpe, butcher's, wrapping, Kraft, tissue, brown, tar, roofing, building, tracing, graph, Whatman, transfer, scrap, blotting, filter, toilet, wax, photographic, sensitive, sensitized; wallpaper, Cellophane, Pliofilm (trademarks), paper towel, cleansing tissue.
• on paper,
Syn.
6. recorded, signed, official; see written 2 .
7. in theory, assumed to be feasible, not yet in practice; see theoretical .
v.
Syn. hang, paste up, plaster; see cover 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. sheet piece, stationery, letterhead, parchment, note paper, vellum, bond, onion skin, construction paper.
2. document certificate, instrument, title, credentials, affidavit, deed, contract, charter, license, warrant.
3. see newspaper
4. essay dissertation, thesis, composition, article, treatise, report, monograph, study.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A relatively brief discourse written especially as an exercise: composition, essay, theme. See WORDS.

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