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NOTEPAPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does notepaper mean?
• NOTEPAPER (noun)
The noun NOTEPAPER has 1 sense:
1. writing paper intended for writing short notes or letters
Familiarity information: NOTEPAPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Writing paper intended for writing short notes or letters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("notepaper" is a kind of...):
writing paper (paper material made into thin sheets that are sized to take ink; used for writing correspondence and manuscripts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "notepaper"):
Post-It (brand name for a slip of notepaper that has an adhesive that allows it to stick to a surface and be removed without damaging the surface)
Context examples
He threw over a sheet of thick, pink-tinted notepaper which had been lying open upon the table.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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