"paperweight" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-paperweight.ogg Forms: paperweights [plural]
Etymology: From paper + weight. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|paper|weight}} paper + weight Head templates: {{en-noun}} paperweight (plural paperweights)
  1. A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away. Translations (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object): прэс-пап'е́ (pres-papʺjé) [neuter] (Belarusian), преспапие́ (prespapié) [neuter] (Bulgarian), petjapapers [masculine] (Catalan), 鎮紙 (Chinese Mandarin), 镇纸 (zhènzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 紙鎮 (Chinese Mandarin), 纸镇 (zhǐzhèn) (Chinese Mandarin), 書鎮 (Chinese Mandarin), 书镇 (shūzhèn) (Chinese Mandarin), 紙壓 (Chinese Mandarin), 纸压 (zhǐyā) (Chinese Mandarin), těžítko [neuter] (Czech), presse-papier (Dutch), paperipaino (Finnish), presse-papiers [masculine] (French), presse-papier [masculine] (French), calcapapeis [masculine] (Galician), Briefbeschwerer [masculine] (German), πρες παπιέ (pres papié) [neuter] (Greek), papírnehezék (Hungarian), tromán páipéir [masculine] (Irish), fermacarte [masculine] (Italian), 文鎮 (bunchin) (alt: ぶんちん) (Japanese), 卦算 (keisan) (alt: けいさん) (Japanese), 문진 (munjin) (alt: 文鎭) (Korean), paids à papi [masculine] (Norman), brevpresse (Norwegian Bokmål), papirvekt [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), papirvekt [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), przycisk do papieru [masculine] (Polish), pisa-papéis [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), peso de papel [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), prespapier [neuter] (Romanian), пресс-папье́ (press-papʹjé) [neuter] (Russian), ťažítko [neuter] (Slovak), obtežilnik [masculine] (Slovene), pisapapeles [masculine] (Spanish), brevpress (Swedish), prespapye (Turkish), прес-пап'є́ (pres-papʺjé) [neuter] (Ukrainian), bàn thẩm (Vietnamese), chặn giấy (Vietnamese)
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  2. Any object used for this purpose. Translations (any object used for this purpose): těžítko [neuter] (Czech), paperipaino (Finnish), presse-papiers [masculine] (French), Briefbeschwerer [masculine] (German), nehezék (Hungarian), papírnehezék (Hungarian), fermacarte [masculine] (Italian), paids à papi [masculine] (Norman), przycisk do papieru [masculine] (Polish), pisa-papéis [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), peso de papel [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), пресс-папье́ (press-papʹjé) [neuter] (Russian), pisapapeles [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-paperweight-en-noun-d-zf3xGP Disambiguation of 'any object used for this purpose': 5 94 0
  3. (slang) A useless piece of equipment. Tags: slang Translations (slang: useless object): verkonpaino (Finnish), złom [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-paperweight-en-noun-hbaQH-f2 Disambiguation of 'slang: useless object': 22 26 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: paper-weight [archaic]

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      "word": "鎮紙"
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      "sense": "small, decorative, somewhat weighty object",
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      "sense": "small, decorative, somewhat weighty object",
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      "sense": "small, decorative, somewhat weighty object",
      "word": "presse-papier"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small, decorative, somewhat weighty object",
      "word": "paperipaino"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "small, decorative, somewhat weighty object",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "presse-papiers"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "presse-papier"
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      "word": "calcapapeis"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "sense": "small, decorative, somewhat weighty object",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "tromán páipéir"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "small, decorative, somewhat weighty object",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fermacarte"
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      "sense": "small, decorative, somewhat weighty object",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "small, decorative, somewhat weighty object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "przycisk do papieru"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small, decorative, somewhat weighty object",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small, decorative, somewhat weighty object",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "peso de papel"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "small, decorative, somewhat weighty object",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "prespapier"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "press-papʹjé",
      "sense": "small, decorative, somewhat weighty object",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пресс-папье́"
    },
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "small, decorative, somewhat weighty object",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ťažítko"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "small, decorative, somewhat weighty object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obtežilnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small, decorative, somewhat weighty object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pisapapeles"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small, decorative, somewhat weighty object",
      "word": "brevpress"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "small, decorative, somewhat weighty object",
      "word": "prespapye"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pres-papʺjé",
      "sense": "small, decorative, somewhat weighty object",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "прес-пап'є́"
    },
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "small, decorative, somewhat weighty object",
      "word": "bàn thẩm"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "small, decorative, somewhat weighty object",
      "word": "chặn giấy"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "any object used for this purpose",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "těžítko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any object used for this purpose",
      "word": "paperipaino"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any object used for this purpose",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "presse-papiers"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any object used for this purpose",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Briefbeschwerer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any object used for this purpose",
      "word": "nehezék"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any object used for this purpose",
      "word": "papírnehezék"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any object used for this purpose",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fermacarte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "any object used for this purpose",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paids à papi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any object used for this purpose",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przycisk do papieru"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any object used for this purpose",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pisa-papéis"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any object used for this purpose",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peso de papel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "press-papʹjé",
      "sense": "any object used for this purpose",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пресс-папье́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any object used for this purpose",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pisapapeles"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "slang: useless object",
      "word": "verkonpaino"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "slang: useless object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "złom"
    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "paperweight"
  ],
  "word": "paperweight"
}

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