A possible basis for laying down sentences

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Writing \Writ"ing\, n. The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs. Anything written ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A veteran of four deployments, Shuart listed such items as exercise gear and extra writing paper and envelopes. ▪ Ahead, as they swing away from me, the other sledges look like commas on the writing paper of the snow. ▪ I gave ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. paper material made into thin sheets that are sized to take ink; used for writing correspondence and manuscripts

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Paper designed to be written on with ink; it may be ruled or unruled.