newspaper

/ˌnuzˈpeɪpər/

/ˈnuzpeɪpə/

Other forms: newspapers

A newspaper is a printed or online publication that provides readers with news and articles. If you want election results or even the weather, consult a local newspaper.

When you read a newspaper, you unfold sheets of paper that are printed with news articles, opinion pieces, ads, and often puzzles and comics. The very earliest version of a newspaper was carved in stone or metal in ancient Rome, providing information and announcements from the government. The first true general interest newspapers were printed in Europe in the 1700s. Sometimes the paper itself that newspapers are printed on is called newspaper too.

Definitions of newspaper

1. noun

   a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
   “he read his newspaper at breakfast”

   synonyms: paper

   types:

   daily

   a newspaper that is published every day

   gazette

   a newspaper or official journal

   school newspaper, school paper

   a newspaper written and published by students in a school

   rag, sheet, tabloid

   newspaper with half-size pages

   type of:

   press, public press

   the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
2. noun

   the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher
   “when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper”

   synonyms: paper

   type of:

   product, production

   an artifact that has been created by someone or some process
3. noun

   a business firm that publishes newspapers
   “Murdoch owns many newspapers”

   synonyms: newspaper publisher, paper

   type of:

   publisher, publishing company, publishing firm, publishing house

   a firm in the publishing business
4. noun

   cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers
   “they used bales of newspaper every day”

   synonyms: newsprint

   type of:

   paper

   a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses