tabloid

CEFRB2

/ˈtæblɔɪd/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A newspaper with small pages and popular stories.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A compact or compressed version of something; especially something having a popular or sensational nature., In full tabloid cruiser: a small yacht used for cruising.

Examples

  • My father would never read a tabloid newspaper.

  • People were shocked when he cited a supermarket tabloid as a reputable newspaper.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • /ˈtæbˌlɔɪd/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A small, compressed portion of a chemical, drug, food substance, etc.; a pill, a tablet.

  2. A compact or compressed version of something; especially something having a popular or sensational nature.

  3. In full tabloid cruiser: a small yacht used for cruising.

More examples

In context

  • tabloid journalism

  • One of the compartments was found to contain some forty compressed tabloids, which on analysis proved to be potassium bromide.

  • A large number of tabloids are contained in a very small bottle, and only require crushing and dissolving in the stated quantity of water to produce a large volume of solution.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

The noun is derived from tabl(et) + -oid (suffix meaning ‘having the likeness of, resembling’), originally coined by the United Kingdom firm Burroughs, Wellcome & Company as a brand name for their medicines and other products such as tea in tablet form and registered as a trademark on 14 March 1884. Noun sense 2 (“compact or compressed version of something; especially something having a popular or sensational nature”) is influenced by noun sense 2.2 (“newspaper characterized as favouring stories of a popular or sensational nature over serious news”). The adjective and verb are derived from the noun.