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WRITING PAPER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Paper material made into thin sheets that are sized to take ink; used for writing correspondence and manuscripts

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("writing paper" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "writing paper"):

letter paper; stationery (paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters; usually with matching envelopes)

notepaper (writing paper intended for writing short notes or letters)

rag paper (paper made partly or wholly from rags)

bond; bond paper (a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents)

ledger paper (a durable writing paper used in record books and business ledgers)

laid paper (writing paper having a watermark of fine lines running across the grain)

wove paper (writing paper having a very faint mesh pattern)

letter paper (writing paper for use in writing correspondence)

ola; olla (leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper)

typewriter paper; typing paper (writing paper suitable for use in a typewriter)

vellum (a heavy creamy-colored paper resembling parchment)

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