paperweight
(peɪpəʳweɪt )
Word forms: paperweights
countable noun
A paperweight is a small heavy object which you place on papers to prevent them from being disturbed or blown away.
We mounted it into a pebble from the beach and made it into a paperweight.
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Collocations:
glass paperweight
I had a small glass paperweight on the window ledge.
The Sun
We glided in over shallow water so clear it was like a glass paperweight in which cowrie shells and multicoloured pebbles are embedded.
Times, Sunday Times
There was, of course, a prosaic explanation: close to the book, on the chest, was a round glass paperweight.
Times, Sunday Times
An early project was a glass paperweight that he created in 1958 for a friend's retirement.
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They may have appeared as a successor to the glass paperweight, which became popular a few years earlier.
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Translations:
Chinese: 纸镇
Japanese: ペーパーウェイト
- positive mood
- positive news
- positive note
- positive outcome
- positive outlook
- positive portrayal
- positive praise
- positive psychology
- positive publicity
- positive rating
- positive reaction
- positive reception
- positive reinforcement
- positive relationship
- positive response
- positive result
- positive review
- positive role
- positive score
- positive self-image
- positive sentiment
- positive side
- positive spin
- positive statement
- positive step