Parchment

Quick meaning: Parchment is a noun meaning Material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.

Meaning

Material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.

More Meanings

1. A document made on such material.
2. A diploma (traditionally written on parchment).
3. Stiff paper imitating that material.
4. The creamy to tanned color of parchment.
5. The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.

Example Sentences

Never found Hattie and they never found the shack Never made the trip back in There was a parchment note they found tacked to a stump Said: Don't come lookin' again.

At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for parchment

Depending on context, synonyms include bookfell, membrane, vellum, sheepskin, lambskin.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lambskin, sheepskin, skin, scroll, book, goatskin.

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