TABLOID
tabloid, rag, sheet
(noun) newspaper with half-size pages
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
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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