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('pər-wāt') pronunciation
n.
A small, heavy, often decorative object that is placed on loose papers to hold them down.


n. a serious student; a hardworking student.  What a jerk! Nothing but a paperweight.

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Paperweight

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - papirvægt

Nederlands (Dutch)
presse-papier

Français (French)
n. - presse-papiers

Deutsch (German)
n. - Briefbeschwerer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βάρος συγκράτησης χαρτιών, πρες-παπιέ

Italiano (Italian)
fermacarte

Português (Portuguese)
n. - peso de papéis (m)

Русский (Russian)
пресс-папье

Español (Spanish)
n. - pisapapeles

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - brevpress

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
书镇, 纸压, 文镇

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 書鎮, 紙壓, 文鎮

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 서진, 문진

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 文鎮

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ثقاله ورق والمستعمله لمنع تطاير الورق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮משקולת-נייר, אבן-אכף‬


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