tab|loid

tab|loid
tab|loid «TAB loyd», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. a newspaper, usually having half the ordinary size newspaper page, that has many pictures and gives the news in short articles and large, often sensational, headlines: »

He launches another tabloid, “Municipal News,” for mayors and civic officials (Canada Month).

2. a tablet of medicine or a chemical; pill; pellet: »

Burroughs Wellcome registered the word Tabloid years ago, and rise up in reproof whenever they see it spelt with a small T (Punch).

–adj.
in the form of a summary, capsule, or digest; condensed: »

tabloid writing.

╂[originally Tabloid, a trademark for compressed or concentrated chemicals < tabl(et) + -oid]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • tab·loid — /ˈtæˌbloıd/ noun, pl loids [count] : a newspaper that has pages about half the size of an ordinary newspaper and that typically contains many photographs and stories about famous people and other less serious news items She is used to seeing her… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tab(loid) slitter — Устройство для продольной разрезки (бумажной ленты) при печатании газет половинного [таблоидного] формата; Устройство для продольной резки бумажной ленты на половину формата …   Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

  • loid — ac·ro·meg·a·loid; al·ka·loid; amyg·da·loid; an·ne·loid; ar·gil·loid; ar·il·loid; at·loid; be·loid; ber·yl·loid; bun·ga·loid; cau·loid; ceph·a·loid; chrys·a·loid; chy·loid; col·loid·er; col·loid·ize; con·dy·loid; cor·al·loid; cot·y·loid;… …   English syllables

  • tab — ac·e·tab·u·lar; ac·e·tab·u·lar·ia; ac·e·tab·u·late; ac·e·tab·u·lif·era; ac·e·tab·u·lif·er·ous; ac·e·tab·u·lum; ame·tab·o·la; ame·tab·o·lism; an·ti·me·tab·o·lite; can·tab; ca·tab·o·lism; ca·tab·o·lite; ca·tab·o·lize; con·tra·tab·u·lar;… …   English syllables

  • tabloid — tab·loid …   English syllables

  • Tabloid — Tab·loid (tabґloid) trademark for a preparation of thioguanine …   Medical dictionary

  • tabloid — tab|loid [ tæb,lɔıd ] noun count MAINLY JOURNALISM a newspaper with pages of a smaller size than standard newspapers, usually with very large HEADLINES and pictures on the front page and often emphasizing shocking stories about famous people ╾… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • tabloid — tab•loid [[t]ˈtæb lɔɪd[/t]] n. 1) a newspaper about half the size of an ordinary newspaper, usu. heavily illustrated, and often concentrating on sensational or lurid news 2) a condensation or summary 3) compressed; condensed 4) luridly or… …   From formal English to slang

  • tabloid — tab|loid [ˈtæblɔıd] n also .tabloid newspaper [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Tabloid a trademark for a medicinal tablet (19 20 centuries); because of the small size of the tablet] a newspaper that has small pages, a lot of photographs, and stories… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Tabloid — Tab|loid [ tabloyd] die; , s <aus gleichbed. engl. tabloid, urspr. der Markenname einer in Tablettenform verkauften Arznei> Boulevardzeitung …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

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