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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 toilets
Familiarity information: TOILET PAPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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