tracing paper

American  

noun

1. a thin, transparent paper for making tracings.

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tracing paper British  

noun

1. strong transparent paper used for tracing

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Etymology

Origin of tracing paper

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

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tracing paper

Gently tape down the paper and slide a sheet of tracing paper between the design and the board.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2022

Instead, the production design team built model renderings out of tracing paper and laser cut 300 pieces of paneling in slightly different shapes to resemble stalagmites.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2021

Her achievement passes not only through urbanism and protest, but through acrylic, ink, spray guns, tracing paper.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2021

Then, I print that out, and I use a Micron pen and tracing paper, and I draw in my own hand all of the little happy faces and squirrels and skulls.

From The Verge ● Sep. 15, 2018

A report done in elementary school on Greek and Roman architecture, Corinthian and Ionic and Doric columns copied from an encyclopedia onto tracing paper.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri