newspaper (press) clipping

  • 1press clipping — press ,clipping noun count AMERICAN an article or picture cut from a newspaper …

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  • 2press clipping — noun an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine (Freq. 1) he searched through piles of letters and clippings • Syn: ↑clipping, ↑newspaper clipping, ↑cutting, ↑press cutting • Hypernyms: ↑excerpt …

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  • 3clipping — n. 1) a newspaper, press clipping (AE; BE has press cutting) 2) fingernail; toenail clippings * * * [ klɪpɪŋ] toenail clippings press clipping (AE; BE has press cutting) a newspaper fingernail …

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  • 4press cutting — press .cutting also press .clipping n a short piece of writing or a picture, cut out from a newspaper or magazine …

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  • 5press cutting — noun an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine he searched through piles of letters and clippings • Syn: ↑clipping, ↑newspaper clipping, ↑press clipping, ↑cutting • Hypernyms: ↑excerpt, ↑excerption, ↑ …

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  • 6clipping — noun 1 piece cut off sth ADJECTIVE ▪ fingernail, nail, toenail ▪ grass, hedge (BrE), lawn 2 (esp. AmE) piece cut out from a newspaper ⇨ See also ↑cutting …

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  • 7newspaper clipping — noun an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine he searched through piles of letters and clippings • Syn: ↑clipping, ↑press clipping, ↑cutting, ↑press cutting • Hypernyms: ↑excerpt, ↑excerption, ↑ …

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  • 8newspaper — news|pa|per W2S2 [ˈnju:sˌpeıpə US ˈnu:zˌpeıpər] n 1.) a set of large folded sheets of printed paper containing news, articles, pictures, advertisements etc which is sold daily or weekly = ↑paper ▪ She had read about it in the newspapers . ▪ I saw …

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  • 9clipping — clip|ping [ˈklıpıŋ] n 1.) an article or picture that has been cut out of a newspaper or magazine = ↑cutting newspaper/press clippings ▪ old press clippings about movie stars 2.) [usually plural] a small piece cut from something bigger ▪ hedge… …

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  • 10press cutting — also press clipping noun (C) a short piece of writing or a picture, cut out from a newspaper or magazine …

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