Parchment
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noun.
The skin of a sheep or goat prepared as a material on which to write or paint.
noun.
A written text or drawing on a sheet of this material.
noun.
Paper made in imitation of this material.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To convert into parchment; parchemin.
To cause to become hard, tough, and wrinkled, as the skin in certain diseases.
noun.
The skin of sheep or goats prepared for use as a writing-material and for other purposes.
noun.
The cartilaginous sheath or hull of the coffee-bean.
noun.
A document written on parchment.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See
vellum
.
noun.
The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.
noun.
See
Papyrine
.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A material, made from the polished
skin
of a
calf
,
sheep
,
goat
or other animal, used like
paper
for writing.
noun.
A
document
made on such material.
noun.
A
diploma
(traditionally written on parchment).
noun.
Stiff paper imitating that material.
noun.
The creamy to tanned color of parchment
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
noun.
a superior paper resembling sheepskin
cross-reference
cotton parchment
document
parchment paper
vegetable parchment
virgin parchment
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
paper
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
canvas
cardboard
carpet
cloth
envelope
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
article
autograph
biscuit
blank
bone
variant
vellum