Parchment Definition–noun | 1. | the skin of sheep, goats, etc., prepared for use as a material on which to write. | | 2. | a manuscript or document on such material. | | 3. | a stiff, off-white paper resembling this material. | |
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Paper Definition–noun | 1. | a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc. | | 2. | a piece, sheet, or leaf of this. | | 3. | something resembling this substance, as papyrus. | | 4. | a written or printed document or the like. | | 5. | stationery; writing paper. | | 6. | a newspaper or journal. | | 7. | an essay, article, or dissertation on a particular topic: a paper on early Mayan artifacts. | | 8. | Often, papers. a document establishing or verifying identity, status, or the like: citizenship papers. | | 9. | negotiable notes, bills, etc., as commercial paper or paper money: Only silver, please, no paper. | | 14. | a sheet or card of paper with pins or needles stuck through it in rows. | | 15. | a set of questions for an examination, an individual set of written answers to them, or any written piece of schoolwork. | | 16. | Slang. a free pass to an entertainment. | –verb (used with object) | 17. | to cover with wallpaper or apply wallpaper to: They papered the bedroom last summer. | | 18. | to line or cover with paper. | | 19. | to distribute handbills, posters, etc., throughout: to paper a neighborhood with campaign literature. | | 20. | to fold, enclose, or wrap in paper. | | 21. | to supply with paper. | | 22. | Informal. to deluge with documents, esp. those requiring one to comply with certain technical procedures, as a means of legal harassment: He papered the plaintiff to force a settlement. | | 23. | Slang. to fill (a theater or the like) with spectators by giving away free tickets or passes. | | 24. | Archaic. | a. | to write or set down on paper. | | b. | to describe in writing. | | –verb (used without object) | 25. | to apply wallpaper to walls. | –adjective | 26. | made of paper or paperlike material: a paper bag. | | 27. | paperlike; thin, flimsy, or frail. | | 28. | of, pertaining to, or noting routine clerical duties. | | 29. | pertaining to or carried on by means of letters, articles, books, etc.: a paper war. | | 30. | written or printed on paper. | | 31. | existing in theory or principle only and not in reality: paper profits. | | 32. | indicating the first event of a series, as a wedding anniversary. | | 33. | Slang. including many patrons admitted on free passes, as an audience for a theatrical performance: It's a paper house tonight. | —Verb phrase | 34. | paper over, to patch up or attempt to conceal (a difference, disagreement, etc.) so as to preserve a friendship, present a unified opinion, etc.: to paper over a dispute. | —Idiom | 35. | on paper, <
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