paper: a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses composition, paper, report, theme: an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition" newspaper, paper: a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements; "he read his newspaper at breakfast" paper: a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses; "he has written many scientific papers" paper: medium for written communication; "the notion of an office running without paper is absurd" newspaper, paper, newspaper_publisher: a business firm that publishes newspapers; "Murdoch owns many newspapers" newspaper, paper: a newspaper as a physical object; "when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper" paper: cover with paper; "paper the box" wallpaper, paper: cover with wallpaper paper: made of paper; "they wore paper hats at the party"