parchmentnoun
uk/ˈpɑːtʃ.mənt/us/ˈpɑːrtʃ.mənt/[ U ] the thin, dried skin of some animals that was used in the past for writing on, or a high-quality paper made to look like this:
ancient parchment
He'd been ill for a long time, and his skin was like parchment.
[ C ] a document written on parchment:
A framed parchment hung on the wall.
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- acid-free
- assembler
- ballpoint pen
- grammage
- graph paper
- headed notepaper
- highlighter
- jotter
- keypad
- pencil
- ream
- rice paper
- rough paper
- scrap paper
- scratch paper
- tissue
- watermark
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