Freesheet

//ˈfɹiːʃiːt// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A free newspaper. UK

    "A helpful assistant suggested a local newspaper for English-speaking residents, but after a taxi ride to La Napoule I found only the back-street office of a free-sheet listing properties for sale, swimming-pool constructors and dealers in used Mercedes."

  2. 2
    A sheet of paper that does not contain groundwood. countable, uncountable

Example

More examples

"I produced a feature that year for a youth freesheet."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From free + sheet.

Etymology 2

Shortening of groundwood-free + sheet

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