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PAPERWEIGHT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paperweight mean?
• PAPERWEIGHT (noun)
The noun PAPERWEIGHT has 1 sense:
1. a weight used to hold down a stack of papers
Familiarity information: PAPERWEIGHT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A weight used to hold down a stack of papers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("paperweight" is a kind of...):
weight (an artifact that is heavy)
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