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How to pronounce paper
Say it like this: /ˈpeɪ̯.pəɹ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does paper mean?
nounA sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
“Draw on the paper! Not on the walls!”
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.
A written document, generally shorter than a book; usually written as a school assignment or a government report.
“I can't go out tonight. I have a paper due tomorrow, and I need to finish it tonight.”
adjMade of paper.
Insubstantial (from the weakness of common paper).
“2016: Manila Standard, "Speed limiter law: A paper tiger"; Maricel Cruz Speed limiter law: A paper tiger”
Planned (from plans being drawn up on paper).
“paper engine, rocket”
verbTo 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.
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