PAPER
What does "PAPER" mean?
A thin flexible material made from wood pulp or fibre, used for writing, printing, and wrapping.
Meanings
- A thin sheet material made from pressed plant fibres, used for writing, printing, or packaging. She folded the sheet of paper into a crisp envelope.
- A newspaper. He reads the morning paper with his coffee. informal
- A written scholarly or academic work. She published a paper on coral reefs.
- Documents proving identity, ownership, or status. The border guard asked to see our papers.
- To cover a surface, especially a wall, with paper. They papered the nursery in pale stripes.
Did you know?
- The word 'paper' comes from 'papyrus', but papyrus is not paper: real pulped-fibre paper was developed separately in China, traditionally credited to the court official Cai Lun around 105 CE.
Word origin
From Old French 'papier', from Latin 'papyrus', from Greek 'papuros', the reed plant whose pith the Egyptians pressed into writing sheets.
Remember it
PAPER comes from PAPYRUS - both start with 'pap', both carry writing.
A little poem
A blank pressed white field-
the pen's first dark furrow holds
what the mind let go.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the newspaper feel important? Everyone wanted a piece of it.
What it teaches
Plain paper carries empires and grocery lists alike; the medium waits, the meaning is yours to write.
Quick facts
What does PAPER mean?
A thin flexible material made from wood pulp or fibre, used for writing, printing, and wrapping.
Is PAPER a valid word?
Yes — PAPER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PAPER?
PAPER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does PAPER come from?
From Old French 'papier', from Latin 'papyrus', from Greek 'papuros', the reed plant whose pith the Egyptians pressed into writing sheets.
What can PAPER teach us?
Plain paper carries empires and grocery lists alike; the medium waits, the meaning is yours to write.
How players do
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