newspaper definition

1. a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
• examples: he read his newspaper at breakfast
2. a business firm that publishes newspapers
• examples: Murdoch owns many newspapers
3. the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher
• examples: when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper
4. cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers
• examples: they used bales of newspaper every day