paperweight.
A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away.
Meaning & usage
A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away.
Any object used for this purpose.
John used his coffee mug as a paperweight.
A useless piece of equipment.
On Windows, the card has a working driver. On Linux right now, it's a paperweight.
Where this word comes from
From paper + weight.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.