TABLOID

tabloid, rag, sheet

(noun) newspaper with half-size pages

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

tabloid (plural tabloids)

(publishing) A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of the standard format.

(publishing) A newspaper, especially one in this format, that favours stories of a sensational or even fictitious nature over serious news.

(medicine, dated) A compressed portion of drugs, chemicals, etc.; a tablet.

Synonyms

• scandal sheet, tab (colloquial), yellow press

Antonyms

• broadsheet

Adjective

tabloid (not comparable)

In the format of a tabloid.

Relating to a tabloid or tabloids.

Source: Wiktionary

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Tab"loid, n. [A table-mark.]

Definition: A compressed portion of one or more drugs or chemicals, or of food, etc.

Tab"loid, a.

Definition: Compressed or condensed, as into a tabloid; administrated in or as in tabloids, or small condensed bits; as, a tabloid form of imparting information.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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