newspaper

news|pa|per

W2S2 [ˈnju:sˌpeıpə US ˈnu:zˌpeıpər] n

1.)

a set of large folded sheets of printed paper containing news, articles, pictures, advertisements etc which is sold daily or weekly

= ↑paper

▪ She had read about it in the newspapers .

▪ I saw an interesting article in the local newspaper .

▪ I always buy a daily newspaper .

▪ a series of newspaper articles about life in Cuba

▪ The case attracted newspaper reporters from all over the world.

▪ He was looking through a pile of old newspaper clippings .

2.) [U]

sheets of paper from old newspapers

▪ Wrap the plates in newspaper to stop them from breaking.

▪ Bella laid the flowers out carefully on a sheet of newspaper.

3.)

a company that produces a newspaper

▪ He works for a local newspaper.

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COLLOCATES for sense 1

in the newspaper

local/national newspaper

daily/weekly/Sunday newspaper

newspaper article/report

newspaper reporter/editor/columnist

newspaper cutting/clipping (=an article that has been cut out of a newspaper)

WORD FOCUS: newspaper

the press newspapers in general

the media newspaper, TV, and radio

tabloid a newspaper that does not contain much serious news, and mainly has short articles and photographs

broadsheet (BrE) quality paper (AmE) a newspaper that mostly contains reports about serious news

journalist/reporter someone whose job is writing articles for newspapers

headline the title of a newspaper report, written in big letters

article a piece of writing about something in a newspaper

column an article that appears regularly in a newspaper, in which someone writes about their opinions

editorial a piece of writing in which the newspaper gives its comments on recent events

the front page (=which has the main news stories)

the back page (=which has the less important news, and news about sport)

the sports/television/fashion/arts etc page

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