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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NEWSPAPER, n. A sheet of paper printed and distributed for conveying news; a public print that circulates news, advertisements, proceedings of legislative bodies, public documents and the like.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements; "he read his newspaper at breakfast" [syn: newspaper, paper]
2: a business firm that publishes newspapers; "Murdoch owns many newspapers" [syn: newspaper, paper, newspaper publisher]
3: the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher; "when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper" [syn: newspaper, paper]
4: cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers; "they used bales of newspaper every day" [syn: newspaper, newsprint]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 1670 1. a paper that is printed and distributed usually daily or weekly and that contains news, articles of opinion, features, and advertising 2. an organization that publishes a newspaper 3. the paper of a newspaper ; newsprint II. intransitive verb Date: 1943 to do newspaper work

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a printed publication (usu. daily or weekly) containing news, advertisements, correspondence, etc. 2 the sheets of paper forming this (wrapped in newspaper).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Newspaper News"pa`per, n. A sheet of paper printed and distributed, at stated intervals, for conveying intelligence of passing events, advocating opinions, etc.; a public print that circulates news, advertisements, proceedings of legislative bodies, public announcements, etc.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(newspapers) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A newspaper is a publication consisting of a number of large sheets of folded paper, on which news, advertisements, and other information is printed. He was carrying a newspaper... They read their daughter's allegations in the newspaper. ...a Sunday newspaper feature about AIDS in America. N-COUNT 2. A newspaper is an organization that produces a newspaper. It is Britain's fastest growing national daily newspaper... Alexander Lazarus is a food critic for the newspaper. N-COUNT 3. Newspaper consists of pieces of old newspapers, especially when they are being used for another purpose such as wrapping things up. He found two pots, each wrapped in newspaper.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Gazette, journal.

Moby Thesaurus

advice, broadcast journalism, daily, daily newspaper, extra, extra edition, gazette, information, intelligence, journalism, magazine, national newspaper, neighborhood newspaper, news, news agency, news medium, news service, newsiness, newsletter, newsmagazine, newspaper of record, newsworthiness, organ, paper, periodical, press association, radio, rag, reportage, review, sheet, special, special edition, tabloid, telegraph agency, television, the fourth estate, the press, tidings, weekly, weekly newspaper, wire service, word