¹newspaper

noun news·pa·per \ˈnüz-ˌpā-pər, ˈnyüz-, ˈn(y)üs-\

: a set of large sheets of paper that have news stories, information about local events, advertisements, etc., and that are folded together and sold every day or every week

: the paper on which a newspaper is printed

: a company that publishes a newspaper

Full Definition of NEWSPAPER

: a paper that is printed and distributed usually daily or weekly and that contains news, articles of opinion, features, and advertising

: an organization that publishes a newspaper

: the paper of a newspaper : newsprint

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First Known Use of NEWSPAPER

1670

Related to NEWSPAPER

Synonyms: book, bulletin, diurnal, gazette, mag, magazine, journal, organ, paper, periodical, rag, review, serial, zine

Rhymes with NEWSPAPER

bond paper, crepe paper, curlpaper, endpaper, escaper, flypaper, graph paper, landscaper, notepaper, reshaper, rice paper, sandpaper, skyscraper, tar paper, term paper, wallpaper, wastepaper, waxed paper, white paper

²newspaper

verb

Definition of NEWSPAPER

intransitive verb

: to do newspaper work

First Known Use of NEWSPAPER

1943

NEWSPAPER Defined for Kids

newspaper

noun news·pa·per \ˈnüz-ˌpā-pər, ˈnyüz-\

Definition of NEWSPAPER for Kids

: a paper that is printed and sold usually every day or weekly and that contains information on recent events, articles of opinion, features, and advertising