This is just a paperweight.
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Paperweight
Synonyms for "paperweight"
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Translations
53 translations across 30 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- прэс-пап'е́ noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
Bulgarian
1 entries- преспапие́ noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
Catalan
1 entries- petjapapers noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 書鎮 /书镇 noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
- 紙壓 /纸压 noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
- 紙鎮 /纸镇 noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
- 鎮紙 /镇纸 noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
Czech
2 entries- těžítko noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
- těžítko noun (any object used for this purpose)
Dutch
1 entries- presse-papier noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
Finnish
3 entries- paperipaino noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
- paperipaino noun (any object used for this purpose)
- verkonpaino noun (slang: useless object)
French
3 entries- presse-papier noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
- presse-papiers noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
- presse-papiers noun (any object used for this purpose)
Galician
1 entries- calcapapeis noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
German
2 entries- Briefbeschwerer noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
- Briefbeschwerer noun (any object used for this purpose)
Greek
1 entries- πρες παπιέ noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
Hungarian
3 entries- nehezék noun (any object used for this purpose)
- papírnehezék noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
- papírnehezék noun (any object used for this purpose)
Irish
1 entries- tromán páipéir noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
Italian
2 entries- fermacarte noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
- fermacarte noun (any object used for this purpose)
Japanese
2 entries- 卦算 noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
- 文鎮 noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
Korean
1 entries- 문진 noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
Norman
2 entries- paids à papi noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
- paids à papi noun (any object used for this purpose)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- brevpresse noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
- papirvekt noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- papirvekt noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
Polish
3 entries- przycisk do papieru noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
- przycisk do papieru noun (any object used for this purpose)
- złom noun (slang: useless object)
Portuguese
4 entries- peso de papel noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
- peso de papel noun (any object used for this purpose)
- pisa-papéis noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
- pisa-papéis noun (any object used for this purpose)
Romanian
1 entries- prespapier noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
Russian
2 entries- пресс-папье́ noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
- пресс-папье́ noun (any object used for this purpose)
Slovak
1 entries- ťažítko noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
Slovene
1 entries- obtežilnik noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
Spanish
2 entries- pisapapeles noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
- pisapapeles noun (any object used for this purpose)
Swedish
1 entries- brevpress noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
Turkish
1 entries- prespapye noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
Ukrainian
1 entries- прес-пап'є́ noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
Vietnamese
2 entries- bàn thẩm noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
- chặn giấy noun (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
It's nothing but a glorified paperweight now.
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You can use it as a paperweight.
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This paperweight belonged to my grandfather.
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