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paper | stone |

As a noun paper

is a sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.

As an adjective paper

is made of paper.

As a verb paper

is to apply paper to.

As a proper noun stone is

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paper

English

(wikipedia paper)

Noun

  • A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
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  • A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
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  • (lb) Wallpaper.
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  • *:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
  • (lb) Wrapping paper.
  • A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper'', ''term paper ), in particular one written for the Government.
  • A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting (such as a conference, a workshop or a symposium).
  • A scholastic essay.
  • (lb) Money.
  • (lb) A university course.
  • A paper packet containing a quantity of items.
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  • A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.
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  • Synonyms

    * (medium used in writing) bookfell

    Derived terms

    * abrasive paper * art paper * banana paper * blotting paper * bog paper * brown paper * butcher paper * carbon paper * chattel paper * cigarette paper * commercial paper * construction paper * * emery paper * filter paper * funny paper * graph paper * green paper * hang paper * linen paper * liquid paper * litmus paper * paper aeroplane/paper airplane * paper ballot * paper candidate * paper chase * paper chromatography * paper clip * paper currency * paper cut * paper cutter * paper fight * paper flower * paper hat * paper mill * paper money * paper nautilus * paper round * paper snowflake * paper tape * paper tiger * paper trail * paperbark * paperboard * paperknife * piece of paper * plain paper * position paper * put pen to paper * quadrille paper * rice paper * scientific paper * sheet of paper * scratch paper * soda paper * term paper * test paper * tissue paper * toilet paper * touch-paper * tracing paper * treacle paper * way out of a paper bag * white paper * wrapping paper * writing paper

    Adjective

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  • Made of paper.
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  • Insubstantial.
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  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To 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.
  • As the event has not sold well, we'll need to paper the house.

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    stone

    English

    (wikipedia stone)

    Noun

    (see usage notes)
  • (uncountable) A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
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  • A small piece of stone, a pebble.
  • A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
  • * Shakespeare
  • inestimable stones , unvalued jewels
  • A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc. 1 stone ? 6.3503 kilograms
  • * Stone Mac Donald is ready, are you
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  • (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
  • (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
  • (board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.
  • A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
  • (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
  • A monument to the dead; a gravestone.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • Should some relenting eye / Glance on the stone where our cold relics lie.
    (Gray)
  • (obsolete) A mirror, or its glass.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Lend me a looking-glass; / If that her breath will mist or stain the stone , / Why, then she lives.
  • (obsolete) A testicle.
  • (Shakespeare)
  • (dated, printing) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing; also called imposing stone.
  • Usage notes

    All countable senses use the plural stones'' except the British unit of mass, which uses the invariant plural ''stone .

    Synonyms

    * (substance) rock * (small piece of stone) pebble * (hard stone-like deposit) calculus * (curling piece) rock

    Derived terms

    (Terms derived from the noun) * birthstone * brownstone * cast the first stone * cobblestone * cornerstone * foundation stone * gemstone * gravestone * hailstone * headstone * keystone * limestone * lodestone * markstone * milestone * moonstone * oilstone * sandstone * sink like a stone * Smithfield stone * soapstone * stepping stone * stone frigate * stone wall * touchstone * turn to stone * whetstone

    Verb

    (ston)
  • To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.
  • She got stoned to death after they found her.
  • To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
  • To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
  • (slang) To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. (Usually in passive)
  • Synonyms

    * (pelt with stones) lapidate

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Constructed of stone.
  • stone walls
  • Having the appearance of stone.
  • stone pot
  • Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
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  • She is one stone fox.
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  • Adverb

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  • As a stone (used with following adjective).
  • My father is stone''' deaf. This soup is '''stone cold.
  • (slang) Absolutely, completely (used with following adjective).
  • I went stone crazy after she left.

    Derived terms

    * stone cold * stone dead * stone deaf

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from "stone") * Bath stone * birthstone * Black Stone * Blarney Stone * bluestone * bondstone * cast the first stone * china stone * cinnamon stone * cobblestone * cornerstone * curling stone * dolostone * dripstone * dry-stone * eolith * fieldstone * flagstone * footstone * foundation stone * freestone * gallstone * gravestone * grindstone * hard as stone * headstone * heathstone * keystone * kidney stone * kill two birds with one stone * leave no stone unturned * lodestone * milestone * oilstone * paving stone * Philosopher's Stone, Philosophers' Stone * pipestone * pizza stone * precious stone * pudding stone * rhinestone * rolling stone * Rosetta Stone * soapstone * standing stone * stepping stone * Stone Age * stone bass * stone boat * stone butch * stone cold * stone crab * stone curlew * stone dead * stone deaf * stone femme * stone fruit * stone hands * stone lily * stone marten * stone mint * stone parsley * stone pine * stone pit * stone shoot * stone the crows * stone-blind * stonebreaker * stone-broke * stonecast * stonechat * stone-cold * stonecrop * stonecutter * stoned * stone-dead * stone-deaf * stone-faced * stonefish * stonefly * stoneground * stone-ground * stonehearted * Stonehenge * stoneless * stonemason * stoner * stoneroller * stone's throw * stonewall * stonewall * stonewaller * stoneware * stonewashed * stonework * stonewort * stoneyard * throw stones * touchstone * whetstone * whinstone

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