piece of paper
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpieceandpaper
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piece
noun[C]
uk/piːs/us/piːs/
a part ...
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paper
noun
uk/ˈpeɪ.pər/us/ˈpeɪ.pɚ/
thin, flat material made from crushed wood or cloth, used for writing, printing, or ...
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(Definition ofpieceandpaperfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpiece of paper
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A gasolinesoakedpieceofpaperburns in a flash; without gasoline it burns more slowly.
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It is designed to handle a task of handing over apieceofpaper.
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The child was asked by the experimenter to draw a circle on apieceofpaper.
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If that means an extrapieceofpaper, let us have an extrapieceofpaper.
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It was described on onepieceofpaper; it is now required to be described on anotherpieceofpaper.
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Each sample was put in a self-sealing plastic bag, slightly inflated and containing onepieceofpapertowel.
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It is a plaster wall, or a sheet of canvas, a panel, a screen, or apieceofpaper.
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After putting away thepieceofpaper, the pen was returned to its original lollipop-looking state.
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Another way of knowing the limitation, of course, would simply be to peek at thepieceofpaper.
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The seeds were then covered by anotherpieceofpapertowel, and pre-moistened with 10 ml of distilled water.
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Thispieceofpaperhas a hole at one end, and can be hung on a torsion balance and weighed.
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This redrawing and over tracing can happen on onepieceofpaperor on different trace layers.
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Then the experimenter opened the cap of the pen and drew an apple on apieceofpaper.
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Characteristically, human perceptual acts include a primary focus of attention, in this case, apieceofpaper.
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I listened to the bristles as it crawled over the edge of a verticalpieceofpaper.
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After the "bath," the cricket is placed on apieceofpaperto soak up the water.
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The resulting retina was mapped onto apieceofpaperby projecting its image using an overhead projector.
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Thepieceofpaperis only money, the man is only president, insofar as thepieceofpaperis represented as money and the man is represented as president.
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I also had apieceofpaper.
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They are given apieceofpaper.
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They sign apieceofpaper.
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I have found thepieceofpaper.
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Never has there been a more expensivepieceofpaper.
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I could not find the appropriatepieceofpaperbefore.
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