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TOILET PAPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does toilet paper mean? 

TOILET PAPER (noun)
  The noun TOILET PAPER has 1 sense:

1. a soft thin absorbent paper for use in toiletsplay

  Familiarity information: TOILET PAPER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TOILET PAPER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A soft thin absorbent paper for use in toilets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

bathroom tissue; toilet paper; toilet tissue

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

tissue; tissue paper (a soft thin (usually translucent) paper)

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

toilet roll (a roll of toilet paper)


 Context examples 


If you have symptoms, they may include blood on your underwear or on toilet paper after a bowel movement, blood in your stool, or constipation or diarrhea lasting more than a week.

(Colonic Polyps, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Diseases)



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