dead-tree
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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But some patrons, like Ms. Beaky, had old-fashioned piles of dead-tree matter, wrapped with request slips bearing their names.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2020
That’s what Kerf is suggesting, and it’s produced a dead-tree vessel that’s meant to hold precisely one Apple Card.
From The Verge ● Sep. 2, 2019
A study by the Student Public Interest Research Groups concluded that students could save an average $128 a course if school swapped dead-tree texts for an open-source books.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2015
Neurological effects, different types of media, totally new reading habits—just a few reasons why e-reading is a fundamentally different experience than curling up with a dead-tree book.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2013
Claude!”—The echoes multiplied the sound, and scared from their dead-tree roost a flock of vultures.
From Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana by George Washington Cable
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