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An abrasive material made by gluing grains of a coarse abrasive to a cloth or paper surface.
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A thick, embossed wallpaper.
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(transitive, art) To decorate something in this way.
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Any type of paper that has a specific use in art.
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Heavy-stock paper that is commonly used in books that show reproductions of artwork.
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(medicine, historical) Paper impregnated with saltpetre and burned to produce fumes that can be inhaled to alleviate asthma.
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(woodworking, uncountable) The process of inserting biscuits (thin ovals of wood or other material) into mating slots in order to provide a gluing surface.
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(Australia, wholesale, food trade) A single sheet for use in a display book, illustrating a particular product available from a wholesaler.
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Absorbent paper used to dry ink.
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A hard, polishable composition of fine sawdust and blood, formerly used for making household items.
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a small folding envelope used for keeping diamonds or other gemstones in
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(papermaking) Paper or board that is discarded and repulped during the manufacturing process.
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(woodworking) Carved pieces of brass or other material for inlay in furniture and other woodwork.
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A kind of absorbent kraft paper, originally sold to butchers in large sheets for wrapping meat and fish, and now used for arts and crafts in primary education.
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A strong slightly off-white paper coming in large sheets and traditionally used to wrap meat.
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(transitive) To award a cap as a mark of distinction.
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(countable, informal) A sheet of carbon paper.
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(Philippines) large sheet of colored paper
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Papier-mâché that has been made to resemble wood, stone, or metal, used as decoration.
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A strong, light-coloured paper, originally manufactured for making cartridges.
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A manufacturing process using a mold.
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Engraved or embossed decoration.
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The presence, in a matrix, of a checkerboard pattern
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A paper lantern in bright colours used for decorative purposes, commonly painted with Chinese art and calligraphy motifs.
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A small sheet of paper with a gummed edge used for rolling cigarettes; rolling paper.
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(British, Ireland) Light, transparent plastic film used as a wrapping for food etc.
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The art or trade of a clockmaker; the manufacture of clocks.
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(archaic) A large size of paper for drawings.
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Non-glossy photographic paper.
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Thick colored paper that can be cut to make designs, models, etc
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(Internet, authorship) Synonym of content farm
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An envelope or covering of copper.
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(masonry) A row of bricks or blocks.
adj
Made of or pertaining to paper, especially as opposed to a digital alternative.
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(paper-making, art) A frame or edge which limits the pulp and, consequently, the size of the resulting paper.
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(art) Alternative form of deckle [(paper-making, art) A frame or edge which limits the pulp and, consequently, the size of the resulting paper.]
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An engraver of dies for stamping coins, medals, etc.
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Alternative form of drywall [A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.]
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The installation and finishing of drywall.
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To create multiple flat raised areas in.
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(architecture) Decorations, such as people, vehicles, or trees, appearing on an architectural sketch or rendering to make the site look more lively.
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(US) The artistic imitation of wood or wood grains in various media
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Ornamentation or decoration, especially by the addition of figures.
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A relatively thick, stiff filter paper
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Wallpaper coated with flock fixed with glue or size.
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A material used to make floors.
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To cause something to become stuck with, or as if with, flypaper.
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A person who makes frames for paintings.
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(paper industry) Alternative spelling of freesheet [(chiefly UK) A free newspaper.]
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(paper industry) A sheet of paper that does not contain groundwood.
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A strip of material used to prepare a wall for plastering, or to provide an air space.
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A light paper used as interleaving between artworks or stamp album pages.
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(paper production) The mass per area of paper measured in grams per square meter (g/m²).
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(paper industry) Wood that has been mechanically ground for pulp or direct use to produce certain kinds of paper or board; mechanical pulp.
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Paper-pulp that has been impregnated with nitrates, used for the explosive charge in firearms.
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Alternative form of gun-paper [Paper-pulp that has been impregnated with nitrates, used for the explosive charge in firearms.]
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Patterns used in construction drawings to represent various materials.
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A device for mixing and stirring the pulp from which paper is made.
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US standard spelling of hoodmould. [(architecture) The outermost moulding which protrudes out of a wall over an archway (over the hood of a door, window or other opening), for decoration or the cover transitions between surfaces, and to discharge rain; a dripstone.]
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A type of wallpaper consisting of two layers of paper with wood fibre in between.
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(also figuratively) To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design.
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(dated) An insulating material, usually some variety of compressed cellulose, made of sawdust, paper pulp, cotton waste, etc.
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A form of fine casting of metal parts based on the lost wax method
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A sheet of paper or other papercraft item used as a burnt offering in traditional Chinese veneration of the dead.
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(pulp and paper) A screen used to remove “knots” or impurities from wood pulp in the process of making paper.
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Strong paper made from kraft pulp, often used for making corrugated board.
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(chemistry) A chemical process for the conversion of wood into wood pulp (for paper manufacture)
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Pulp used in making kraft paper produced by delignifying woodchips by cooking in a vessel under pressure using an alkaline cooking liquor.
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A process in which damaged paper is repaired by means of wetting the old paper in a cast and concurrently aging pulp to the damaged part or parts.
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A means of strengthening paper so as to preserve it, covering existing pieces of weak paper with stronger sheets using mechanical equipment.
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An apparatus for converting paper or fibrous matter into pulp.
adj
Made of manila paper or material like it.
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(sometimes capitalized) A stiff paper with a yellowish-brown finish made from hemp obtained from the abaca plant.
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Alternative form of marquetry [(uncountable, woodworking) A decorative technique in which veneers of wood, ivory, metal etc. are inlaid into a wooden surface to form intricate designs.]
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Alternative form of marquetry [(uncountable, woodworking) A decorative technique in which veneers of wood, ivory, metal etc. are inlaid into a wooden surface to form intricate designs.]
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(countable) An example of this work.
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(art) A strong form of paper, smooth on one side and lightly textured on the other, used for drawing and painting
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A piece of parchment forming part of a roll.
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One who writes on the subject of metals.
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The series of notches around the edge of a coin during minting so that it can be told if some of the metal from the edge is removed.
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Most especially, doors, windows, and wood trim with decorative cross-section involving curves, beads, grooves, etc.
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The creation of scale models.
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Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal.
adj
Of or relating to a wall; on, or in, or against a wall.
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Alternative form of neckmould [(architecture) A small convex moulding surrounding a column at the junction of the shaft and capital.]
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A thin, strong, light, translucent paper; used especially for making carbon copies.
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(interior decoration) A window treatment added above an existing treatment
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A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
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A decorative ornament made by artful cutting of paper, as into silhouettes.
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Alternative spelling of papercutting [The art of cutting decorative designs out of paper.]
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Informal spelling of papier-mâché. [Torn-up paper and other possible materials mixed with paste or glue used to create, when the mass is dried, a durable sculptural object.]
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A machine used to manufacture paper.
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An organization that unethically sells pre-written papers to students.
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(archaic) A printer who makes patterned wallpaper.
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The business of buying and selling paper.
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A packing material made from compacted waste newspaper
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Someone who puts wallpaper on walls.
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(uncountable) The trade of hanging wallpaper on walls.
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(rare) The business or activity of a papermaker.
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Alternative form of paper mill [A factory devoted to making paper from wood pulp and other ingredients.]
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A factory that produces paper.
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(dated) A case or box containing paper and writing materials.
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Alternative form of papier-mâché [Torn-up paper and other possible materials mixed with paste or glue used to create, when the mass is dried, a durable sculptural object.]
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Alternative spelling of papier-mâché [Torn-up paper and other possible materials mixed with paste or glue used to create, when the mass is dried, a durable sculptural object.]
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Alternative spelling of papier-mâché [Torn-up paper and other possible materials mixed with paste or glue used to create, when the mass is dried, a durable sculptural object.]
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Torn-up paper and other possible materials mixed with paste or glue used to create, when the mass is dried, a durable sculptural object.
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A document or drawing executed on this kind of paper.
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The technique of applying wooden tiles or veneers to create a decorative geometrical pattern on floors, furniture etc.
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One used as an adhesive, especially for putting up wallpapers, etc.
v
To assemble from a variety of sources; to cobble together.
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(metalworking, dated) A full-sized model around which a mould of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the mould without damage.
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A crisp, hard, thin paper, sometimes used for postage stamps.
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(finish carpentry, interior decorating) A horizontal molding attached to a wall intended to facilitate the hanging of decorative objects.
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(paper manufacture) An undesirable pink-colored microbial mass occurring in the slurry used in making paper.
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Non-glossy photographic paper.
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One of the rolls between which metal strips are passed while cold, to bring them to exactly the required thickness as part of coin manufacture.
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(countable) Any flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a dish, plate, slab, etc., hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn by a person, such as a brooch.
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A small metal tablet decorated in bas-relief, usually with a design including figures.
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One who works with molding metal.
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(music) A record, usually vinyl.
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A heavy spongy paper, for printing from engraved plates.
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The flat glass surface of a scanner or photocopier on which operators place items to be scanned.
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Someone who installs sheet metal and armour plating, particularly on trains, ships, tanks, and similar items.
adj
Alternative form of platy [Resembling plates.]
v
(transitive, glassmaking) To flatten and make into sheets or plates.
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(uncountable) Construction material supplied in sheets, and made of three or more layers of wood veneer glued together, laid up with alternating layers having their grain perpendicular to each other.
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(woodworking) A specific type of woodgrain in lumber and veneers, also known as "quilted" from the French.
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A carving or painting on this step.
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(cabinet-making) Work consisting of a series of cross-grained veneers united by glue, heat, and pressure.
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A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.
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(historical) A machine for converting rags etc. into pulp.
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A magazine made with inexpensive paper and printing, containing shocking or sensationalist text fiction by low-paid writers.
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A factory for making paper pulp from (usually) wood.
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A machine for pulping paper or various other substances.
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Wood, usually softwood, used for pulping to make paper.
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Any of various forms of artwork or craftwork made using a punch
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Paper made from the pulp of rags.
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heavyweight paper containing rag pulp, formerly used for government bonds
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(transitive) To apply new wallpaper to, either by first stripping the old wallpaper off, or by papering over the top.
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The conversion of paper back into pulp.
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(paper-making) broken or imperfect paper
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(construction) A heavy-duty felt paper used in construction as a layer under flooring and siding.
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Paper prepared as to resist alteration by chemical or mechanical means.
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Alternative spelling of scratch paper [Paper used for preliminary work on a (for example mathematics) problem, considered ephemeral.]
adj
Ornamented with scrolls.
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A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc.
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(countable) Any of the various thicknesses and grades of such material.
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An establishment where metal plates are cut into strips for making nails.
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white paper, made using soda pulp
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A manufacturer of stencils.
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The type of paper used in printing.
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a type of paper manufactured from calcium carbonate mixed with a high density polyethylene bonding agent
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Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.
adj
Having a tab (protruding strip of material).
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Paper treated so as to change color on exposure to heat, is used in thermal printers.
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Alternative form of thread-paper [A piece of thin soft paper for wrapping up a skein of thread.]
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A person who sets tiles.
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A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
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Thin, translucent paper used for wrapping or for protecting delicate articles.
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Paper having a slight tint, in distinction from paper which is quite white.
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Work or ornamentation done with a tool.
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Paper with a rough surface; especially, hand-made paper of great hardness for watercolour painting.
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A translucent paper on which may be traced the design of whatever it is placed on.
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A tapered steel mandrel used by a jeweler to make jewelry.
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Non-glossy photographic paper.
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A grade of paper containing little or no mechanical wood pulp that is often used in the production of office papers.
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(interior decoration) A window treatment applied underneath an existing treatment
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(papermaking) The employee responsible for gathering pulp from the vat on the mould in papermaking.
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A writing paper of very high quality.
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A heavy ungrained smooth paper, sometimes used in fine printing.
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A paper mask used in printing vignette pictures.
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Alternative form of wallcovering [A covering for a wall, such as wallpaper]
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A wall decoration, often a scroll or a tapestry.
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A covering for a wall, such as wallpaper
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Alternative spelling of wall hanging [A wall decoration, often a scroll or a tapestry.]
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(uncountable) Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings.
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One who hangs wallpaper.
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A tough paper used in traditional Japanese art forms.
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An old-fashioned ornament for the inside of a watch case, made of paper cut in some fanciful design, such as a vase of flowers, etc.
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The first section of a paper machine to which the pulp is delivered in a slurry form (as mixture of fiber and water).
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A fine quality of English paper, with fine or coarse grain, used for etchings, engravings, etc.
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(uncountable) The process, skill or task of creating such a display.
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An engineering discipline comprising the production of forest products, such as pulp and paper, construction materials, and tall oil.
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pulp made from wood (most often softwood, but sometimes hardwood) that is used to make paper
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Alternative spelling of wood pulp [pulp made from wood (most often softwood, but sometimes hardwood) that is used to make paper]
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A small fibre of wood; especially such material as used to make ingrain wallpaper, aka woodchip wallpaper. See Wikipedia article on ingrain wallpaper.
adj
(of paper) Made from chemically processed (as opposed to mechanical pulping process) wood pulp.
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Alternative form of wood pulp [pulp made from wood (most often softwood, but sometimes hardwood) that is used to make paper]
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A kind of paper originating in ancient China, used for writing and painting, and renowned for its fine, soft texture.
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