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# paper

«paper» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the thin material we write and draw on** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (paper, papers); verb (paper, papers, papered, papering — cover walls with paper)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Paper is the thin material we write and draw on. Books and newspapers are made of paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paper/#m1)

2) A paper is a newspaper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paper/#m2)

3) Papers are documents, like a passport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paper/#m3)

4) A paper is also a test or a piece of written school work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paper/#m4)

5) Paper (adjective) means made of paper: a paper plane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paper/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: sheets of paper counted, shared or used; newspapers delivered; folding paper for fractions and symmetry. In school: «exam paper», «hand in your papers». In science: paper is made from wood pulp from trees and can be recycled. In everyday life: paper bags, the paper round (UK) or paper route (USA).

### examples

- She has 20 sheets of paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paper/#x1)
- Each student gets 3 pieces of paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paper/#x2)
- He delivers 40 papers every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paper/#x3)
- Cut the paper into 4 equal parts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paper/#x4)
- Fold the paper in half to find the line of symmetry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paper/#x5)
- Paper is made from trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paper/#x6)
- Please recycle your scrap paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paper/#x7)
- Dad reads the paper at breakfast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paper/#x8)
- We made paper planes at lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paper/#x9)
- "Master clerk," said a servant who entered with some papers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paper/#x10)

### note

Usually counted in sheets or pieces. Sharing paper equally = divide. Trap: «paper» can mean newspaper, then each paper is one newspaper. As a material it is uncountable («some paper»); «a paper» is a newspaper or test. Folding in half twice makes 4 equal parts.

### In the corpora

- [Knowing this helps you understand why a family's week is planned round a piece of paper on the fridge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/4/)
- [Councils have recycling rules about which bin takes plastic, paper, glass or food, and the rules differ from place to place.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/14/)
- [Every age had its gossip papers; the screens are new, the gossip is not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies/10/)
- [It was reported that more cases of invented court cases in legal papers happened later, in other countries too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/20-news-court-cases-airline/8/)
- [Fabric scissors are kept only for cloth, because cutting paper or card makes the blades blunt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/31-crafts-paper-clay-sewing-knitting-slime/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «paper» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paper/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.