Stationery
['steɪʃ(ə)n(ə)rɪ] or ['steʃənɛri]
Definition
(noun.) paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters; usually with matching envelopes.
Edited by Guthrie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The articles usually sold by stationers, as paper, pens, ink, quills, blank books, etc.
(a.) Belonging to, or sold by, a stationer.
Inputed by George
Examples
- Another night he came in and got from some part of the building a lot of stationery with 'Confederate States' printed at the head. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- For there was something very comfortable in having plenty of stationery. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Fourdrinier, a wealthy stationery firm, purchased the patents, expended ￡60,000 for improvements on the machine, and first gave to the world its practical benefits. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But, on visiting the leading stationery and office equipment stores, he was told there was no such machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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