paperweight
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- noun
- /ˈpeɪpərˌweɪt/
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pisapapeles
- I bought a beautiful glass paperweight to hold down my important documents on the desk.
- glass paperweight
- crystal paperweight
- a heavy paperweight
So osmium would make the world's best paperweight.
- So osmium would make the world's best paperweight.
- So we still technically have our RED and it is a lovely paperweight.
- And she decided at at a young age that that I would collect paperweights and that Laura would collect boxes.
- I love the paperweight because it's literal.
- I have a mannequin for a paperweight.
- It would be a paperweight that occupies a big space in your pocket.
Examples
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I remember these and a crystal paperweight that made a snowstorm when you shook it.
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I had earlier pocketed a nifty jade paperweight sent by an obscure relative of Tom's to keep as a souvenir.
Fiction book (1997) -
Do you see that glass paperweight over there?
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And I got you this paperweight that magnifies your baby picture.
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Then she shuffled the papers together and placed them on a square paperweight, which had been under her elbow.
Fiction book (1992) -
Lucy placed her frog paperweight carefully on the pages and stalked off to the kitchen.
Fiction book (2000) -
Ellen's father brought her a glass paperweight shaped like a kangaroo and a T-shirt that said SYDNEY.
Fiction book (1991) -
Or maybe we could use it as a paperweight for those reports of yours that must have tumbled from my desk and lodged themselves in obscure crevices.
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Lucy placed her paperweight carefully on the pages to keep them from scattering in the breeze.
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The antique paperweight I found at the market prevents my papers from blowing away during the windy days.
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Etymology
The word paperweight is simply the two words paper and weight, literally a 'weight' for 'paper'. So, it means a small heavy object used to keep papers from blowing away.