English Online Dictionary. What means newspaper? What does newspaper mean?
English
Etymology
From news + paper.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnjuːsˌpeɪpə/, /ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpə/
- (General American, Canada) enPR: n(y)o͞os'pāpər, n(y)o͞oz'pāpər, IPA(key): /ˈn(j)usˌpeɪpɚ/, /ˈn(j)uzˌpeɪpɚ/
- Hyphenation: news‧pa‧per
Noun
newspaper (countable and uncountable, plural newspapers)
- (countable) A publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles.
- Synonyms: daily, paper, (derogatory) rag, (Australia) masthead
- (uncountable, countable) A quantity of or one of the types of paper on which newspapers are printed.
- Synonym: newsprint
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- fish wrap
- rag
- scandal sheet
- tabloid
Verb
newspaper (third-person singular simple present newspapers, present participle newspapering, simple past and past participle newspapered)
- (transitive) To cover with newspaper.
- (intransitive, transitive) To engage in the business of journalism
- (transitive, obsolete) To harass somebody through newspaper articles.
Usage notes
- The engage in journalism sense usually appears in its gerund form, newspapering.
- The harass sense usually appears in passive constructions.
Further reading
- newspaper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia