noun / verb / adjective
paper
PAY-pur/ˈpeɪpər/
Thin sheets made from pressed fibers, used especially for writing or printing.
The stack contains thin, flexible sheets of paper.
Etymology
Papyros named the plant whose stalks provided an ancient writing surface. The plant's name passed to that material and ultimately to the fiber-based writing sheets called paper.
In context
as the water flows through the sieve it leaves behind a thin mat of the fibres [Music] this is pressed between pieces of cotton to form a single sheet of paper
More examples
- The printer needs more paper.
- We carry our groceries home in paper bags.
- They paper the hallway walls themselves.
Forms
paper · papers · papered · papering
papery adjective — Thin and dry, resembling paper in texture.
Similar words
- cardstock
- Cardstock is thicker and stiffer than ordinary writing paper.
- parchment
- Traditional parchment is made from animal skin, not pressed plant fibers.