Definition of "newspaper"

newspaper

/ˈnjuːsˌpeɪpə/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural newspapers
1. (countable) A publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles.
  Quotations
  There is, however, one habit of reading which has become almost a social evil; and that is the habit of reading newspapers which many indulge in, morning, noon, and night.
  1922, P. B. M. Allan, The Book-Hunter at Home‎, 2nd edition, London: Philip Allan & Co., page 64
  ‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?
  1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 18, in The China Governess‎
2. (uncountable, countable) A quantity of or one of the types of paper on which newspapers are printed.
verb
third-person singular simple present newspapers, present participle newspapering, simple past and past participle newspapered
1. (transitive) To cover with newspaper.
2. (intransitive, transitive) To engage in the business of journalism
3. (transitive, obsolete) To harass somebody through newspaper articles.