n[C]a set of large folded sheets of printed paper containing news, articles, pictures, advertisements etc which is sold daily or weekly
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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 .[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.[C]a company that produces a newspaper
He works for a local newspaper.
COLLOCATES for sense 1in the newspaperlocal/national newspaperdaily/weekly/Sunday newspapernewspaper article/reportnewspaper reporter/editor/columnistnewspaper cutting/clipping (=an article that has been cut out of a newspaper)
WORD FOCUS: newspaperthe 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