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• card go
  one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
  
• confetti go
  small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions (as at a wedding)
  
• sheet, piece of paper, sheet of paper go
  paper used for writing or printing
  
• art paper go
  a high-quality paper (usually having a filler of china clay)
  
• blotter, blotting paper go
  absorbent paper used to dry ink
  
• blueprint paper go
  sensitized paper used to make blueprints
  
• carbon, carbon paper go
  a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon)
  
• cardboard, composition board go
  a stiff moderately thick paper
  
• cartridge paper go
  paper for making cartridge cases
  
• chad go
  a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape
  
• computer paper go
  paper folded to permit continuous printing controlled by a computer
  
• construction paper go
  paper suitable for drawing and making cutouts
  
• crepe, crepe paper go
  paper with a crinkled texture
  
• drawing paper go
  paper that is specially prepared for use in drafting
  
• filter paper go
  a porous unsized paper used for filtering
  
• flypaper go
  paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill flies
  
• graph paper go
  paper that has lines to permit drawing graphs
  
• greaseproof paper go
  paper that is impermeable to oil or grease
  
• linen, linen paper go
  a high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish
  
• litmus paper go
  unsized paper treated with litmus for use as an acid-base indicator
  
• manifold, manifold paper go
  a lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple copies
  
• manila, manila paper, manilla, manilla paper go
  a strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp
  
• music paper, score paper go
  paper with lines appropriate for writing music
  
• newspaper, newsprint go
  cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers
  
• oilpaper go
  paper that has been made translucent and waterproof by soaking in oil
  
• india paper go
  a thin tough opaque paper used in fine books
  
• pad, tablet, pad of paper go
  a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
  
• paper tape go
  a long narrow strip of paper
  
• paper toweling go
  absorbent paper used as toweling
  
• papier-mache, paper-mache go
  a substance made from paper pulp that can be molded when wet and painted when dry
  
• papyrus go
  paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat
  
• parchment go
  a superior paper resembling sheepskin
  
• rice paper go
  a thin delicate material resembling paper
  
• roofing paper, tar paper go
  a heavy paper impregnated with tar and used as part of a roof for waterproofing
  
• ticker tape go
  a continuous thin ribbon of paper on which stock quotes are written
  
• tissue, tissue paper go
  a soft thin (usually translucent) paper
  
• tracing paper go
  a semitransparent paper that is used for tracing drawings
  
• transfer paper go
  a paper that is coated with a preparation for transferring a design to another surface
  
• wallpaper go
  a decorative paper for the walls of rooms
  
• waste paper go
  paper discarded after use
  
• wax paper go
  paper that has been waterproofed by treatment with wax or paraffin
  
• wrapping paper go
  a tough paper used for wrapping
  
• writing paper go
  paper material made into thin sheets that are sized to take ink