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1. (n.) parchment
the skin of sheep, goats, etc., prepared for writing on.
2. parchment
a manuscript or document on such material.
3. parchment
a stiff off-white paper treated to resemble this material.
4. parchment
a diploma.
Etymology: (1275–1325; late ME; ME parchemin < OF < Gallo-Romance
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| Definition of 'parchment' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) parchment
a superior paper resembling sheepskin
2. (noun) parchment, sheepskin, lambskin
skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) parchment
the skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum
2. (noun) parchment
the envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. parchment
consists of skins specially prepared for writing on, and is so called from a king of Pergamos, who introduced it when the export of papyrus from Egypt was stopped; the skins used are of sheep, for fine parchment or vellum, of calves, goats, and lambs; parchment for drumheads is made from calves' and asses' skins.
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Sense: a (piece of a) material used for writing on, made from animal skin
Medieval men often wrote on parchment.
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 Afrikaans: perkament |
 Arabic: رَق، جِلْد للكِتابَه |
 Bulgarian: пергамент |
 Brazilian: pergaminho |
 Czech: pergamen |
 German: das Pergament |
 Danish: pergament |
 Greek: περγαμηνή |
 Spanish: pergamino |
 Estonian: pärgament |
 Farsi: کاغذ پوستی |
 Finnish: pergamentti |
 French: parchemin |
 Hebrew: נְיָר קְלָף |
 Hindi: चर्मपत्र |
 Croatian: pergament, povelja |
 Hungarian: pergamen |
 Indonesian: perkamen |
 Icelandic: pergament, bókfell |
 Italian: pergamena |
 Japanese: 羊皮紙 |
 Korean: 양피지(羊皮纸) |
 Lithuanian: pergamentas |
 Latvian: pergaments |
 Malay: kertas kulit |
 Dutch: perkament |
 Norwegian: pergament |
 Polish: pergamin |
 Persian: کاغذ پوستی |
 Pashto: دليكلو څرمن، ليك پوست |
 Portuguese: pergaminho |
 Romanian: pergament |
 Russian: пергамент |
 Slovak: pergamen |
 Slovenian: pergament |
 Serbian: pergament |
 Swedish: pergament |
 Thai: กระดาษหนัง |
 Turkish: parşömen (kâgıdı) |
 Taiwanese: 羊皮紙 |
 Ukrainian: пергамент |
 Urdu: چرمي کاغذ |
 Vietnamese: giấy da |
 Chinese: 羊皮纸 |
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