Parchment

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The skin of a sheep or goat prepared as a material on which to write or paint.
  • n. A written text or drawing on a sheet of this material.
  • n. Paper made in imitation of this material.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.
  • n. A document made on such material.
  • n. A diploma (traditionally written on parchment).
  • n. Stiff paper imitating that material.
  • n. The creamy to tanned color of parchment
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See vellum.
  • n. The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The skin of sheep or goats prepared for use as a writing-material and for other purposes.
  • n. The cartilaginous sheath or hull of the coffee-bean.
  • n. A document written on parchment.
  • To convert into parchment; parchemin.
  • To cause to become hard, tough, and wrinkled, as the skin in certain diseases.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
  • n. a superior paper resembling sheepskin
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    paper   
    Variant
    vellum   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    papyrus    scroll    linen    cardboard    canvas