Parchment
noun
A thick paper-like material made from the skin of a sheep or goat, used in the past for writing.
The ancient texts were written on parchment.
Often appears as...
- sheet of parchment
- parchment scroll
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Historical
noun
A type of thick, slightly yellowish paper that is used especially for legal documents.
The deed was printed on parchment paper.
Often appears as...
- parchment paper
- legal parchment
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Legal
noun
A heat-resistant paper used in cooking and baking to prevent food from sticking to the bakeware.
I lined the baking sheet with parchment.
Often appears as...
- parchment paper
- lined with parchment
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Culinary
noun
A thick paper-like material made from the skin of a sheep or goat, used in the past for writing.
The ancient texts were written on parchment.
Often appears as...
- sheet of parchment
- parchment scroll
Usage tips
Historical
noun
A type of thick, slightly yellowish paper that is used especially for legal documents.
The deed was printed on parchment paper.
Often appears as...
- parchment paper
- legal parchment
Usage tips
Legal
noun
A heat-resistant paper used in cooking and baking to prevent food from sticking to the bakeware.
I lined the baking sheet with parchment.
Often appears as...
- parchment paper
- lined with parchment
Usage tips
Culinary
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Writing
Primarily used in historical or fantasy contexts to evoke a sense of antiquity.
The wizard's spells were inscribed on ancient parchment.
Pro Tip 2/3Posh Artifact
Implies luxury or high status, often associated with important historical documents.
The royal decree was issued on the finest parchment.
Pro Tip 3/3Archaic Impression
Gives a literary piece or movie an old-fashioned feel; not for contemporary settings.
He penned his love letter on parchment to seem chivalrous.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Writing
Primarily used in historical or fantasy contexts to evoke a sense of antiquity.
The wizard's spells were inscribed on ancient parchment.
Pro Tip 2/3Posh Artifact
Implies luxury or high status, often associated with important historical documents.
The royal decree was issued on the finest parchment.
Pro Tip 3/3Archaic Impression
Gives a literary piece or movie an old-fashioned feel; not for contemporary settings.
He penned his love letter on parchment to seem chivalrous.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Writing
Primarily used in historical or fantasy contexts to evoke a sense of antiquity.
The wizard's spells were inscribed on ancient parchment.
Pro Tip 2/3Posh Artifact
Implies luxury or high status, often associated with important historical documents.
The royal decree was issued on the finest parchment.
Pro Tip 3/3Archaic Impression
Gives a literary piece or movie an old-fashioned feel; not for contemporary settings.
He penned his love letter on parchment to seem chivalrous.
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Video examples
William Noel: Revealing...
And it's much tougher than the parchment that it was written on. And so before we could start imaging Archimedes, we had to take this book apart. So it took four years to take apart. And this is a rare action shot, ladies and gentlemen.
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Focusing on blind spots...
started to work on the phonograph it was an ingenious device it basically took in sound waves through a kind of a membrane covered with parchment and that would vibrate modeled after the anatomy of the human ear and would convert those
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Mysterious, Ancient...
standardized and codified they're made from animal skin also called parchment and it can be the animal skins that were used were varied either goat sheep or parchment is it's actually a very nice material it's very it is essentially
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Jamil Abu-Wardeh: The...
go online, drop us a line. Let's change the narrative together and let's start righting writing wrongs. I'd like to end, before going back to the Middle East, with a quote from one of the greatest Sheikhs to put quill to parchment.
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What is a butt tuba and...
A rabbit attempts to play a church organ, while a knight fights a giant snail and a naked man blows a trumpet with his rear end. Painted with squirrel-hair brushes on vellum or parchment by monks, nuns, and urban craftspeople,
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The surprising origins...
In ancient times, however, so much of it persisted that it seemed it would last forever. Admirers performed Sappho cover songs and committed her poetry to papyrus, parchment, and pottery. Three centuries after Sappho’s death,
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The evolution of the...
replacing parchment for most printings because it was less expensive in bulk. Inks had been made by combining organic plant and animal dyes with water or wine, but since water doesn't stick to metal type,
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A day in the life of a...
another omen, but of what? Back home, Camma sits among the elders for her evening meal of porridge, a bit of meat, and a cup of wine. While they were out during the day, an intercepted parchment arrived.
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The evolution of the...
because while the implements they were writing with were challenging what they were writing on was another level they were writing on sheets of vellum or parchment which are stretched and
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The Diet of the Black...
parchment and gradually slows down as autumn approaches by late october the stripped cork trees are now deep red as they begin to regrow their bark
Video examples
William Noel: Revealing...
And it's much tougher than the parchment that it was written on. And so before we could start imaging Archimedes, we had to take this book apart. So it took four years to take apart. And this is a rare action shot, ladies and gentlemen.
Video examples
Focusing on blind spots...
started to work on the phonograph it was an ingenious device it basically took in sound waves through a kind of a membrane covered with parchment and that would vibrate modeled after the anatomy of the human ear and would convert those
Video examples
Mysterious, Ancient...
standardized and codified they're made from animal skin also called parchment and it can be the animal skins that were used were varied either goat sheep or parchment is it's actually a very nice material it's very it is essentially
Video examples
Jamil Abu-Wardeh: The...
go online, drop us a line. Let's change the narrative together and let's start righting writing wrongs. I'd like to end, before going back to the Middle East, with a quote from one of the greatest Sheikhs to put quill to parchment.
Video examples
What is a butt tuba and...
A rabbit attempts to play a church organ, while a knight fights a giant snail and a naked man blows a trumpet with his rear end. Painted with squirrel-hair brushes on vellum or parchment by monks, nuns, and urban craftspeople,
Video examples
The surprising origins...
In ancient times, however, so much of it persisted that it seemed it would last forever. Admirers performed Sappho cover songs and committed her poetry to papyrus, parchment, and pottery. Three centuries after Sappho’s death,
Video examples
The evolution of the...
replacing parchment for most printings because it was less expensive in bulk. Inks had been made by combining organic plant and animal dyes with water or wine, but since water doesn't stick to metal type,
Video examples
A day in the life of a...
another omen, but of what? Back home, Camma sits among the elders for her evening meal of porridge, a bit of meat, and a cup of wine. While they were out during the day, an intercepted parchment arrived.
Video examples
The evolution of the...
because while the implements they were writing with were challenging what they were writing on was another level they were writing on sheets of vellum or parchment which are stretched and
Video examples
The Diet of the Black...
parchment and gradually slows down as autumn approaches by late october the stripped cork trees are now deep red as they begin to regrow their bark
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Quote examples
Alexander Hamilton
American Politician
The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
I was young; I was newly married. My Cambridge degree was still warm in my pocket - a roll of parchment guaranteeing me, I thought, a sort of free ambassadorial passage to any campus of my choosing, and I had chosen Sydney - the world was all before me.
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Alexander Hamilton
American Politician
The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.
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Wayne LaPierre
American Activist
I tell gun owners and hunters and sportsmen and Second Amendment supporters and Americans every day that all of these freedoms we have are just words on a piece of parchment paper unless we stand up and defend them every day.
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Claire Saffitz
American Editor
Like turning potatoes or making a bearnaise sauce by hand, forming a cornet - essentially a DIY pastry bag - from parchment paper feels like one of those things culinary students do once or twice and then never again.
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Wayne LaPierre
American Activist
The Second Amendment is not just words on parchment. It's not some frivolous suggestion from our Founding Fathers to be interpreted by whim. It lies at the heart of what this country was founded upon.
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John Updike
American Novelist
If the worst comes true, and the paper book joins the papyrus scroll and parchment codex in extinction, we will miss, I predict, a number of things about it.
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Oscar Nunez
American Actor
I still use quill and parchment. I do e-mails, and I write, but I don't go around surfing too much.
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Daniel Clowes
American Author
I'm a fan of parchment and wood pulp.
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Alexander Hamilton
American Politician
The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.
Quote examples
Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
I was young; I was newly married. My Cambridge degree was still warm in my pocket - a roll of parchment guaranteeing me, I thought, a sort of free ambassadorial passage to any campus of my choosing, and I had chosen Sydney - the world was all before me.
Quote examples
Alexander Hamilton
American Politician
The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.
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Wayne LaPierre
American Activist
I tell gun owners and hunters and sportsmen and Second Amendment supporters and Americans every day that all of these freedoms we have are just words on a piece of parchment paper unless we stand up and defend them every day.
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Claire Saffitz
American Editor
Like turning potatoes or making a bearnaise sauce by hand, forming a cornet - essentially a DIY pastry bag - from parchment paper feels like one of those things culinary students do once or twice and then never again.
Quote examples
Wayne LaPierre
American Activist
The Second Amendment is not just words on parchment. It's not some frivolous suggestion from our Founding Fathers to be interpreted by whim. It lies at the heart of what this country was founded upon.
Quote examples
John Updike
American Novelist
If the worst comes true, and the paper book joins the papyrus scroll and parchment codex in extinction, we will miss, I predict, a number of things about it.
Quote examples
Oscar Nunez
American Actor
I still use quill and parchment. I do e-mails, and I write, but I don't go around surfing too much.
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Daniel Clowes
American Author
I'm a fan of parchment and wood pulp.
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