newspaper

/ˈnjuːsˌpeɪpər/

/ˈnuːzˌpeɪpər/ noun

Definition

NEWS [C] › large, folded sheets of paper which are printed with the news and sold every day or every week: a local/national newspaper I read about his death in the newspaper. a newspaper article/headline

PAPER [U] › paper from newspapers: The cups were wrapped in newspaper.

(Definition of newspaper noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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