glassine

American  

[gla-seen] / glæˈsin /

noun

1. a strong, thin, glazed, semitransparent paper, often made into small bags, used for packaging foods, for book jackets, etc.

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glassine British  

/ ɡlæˈsiːn /

noun

1. a glazed translucent paper used for book jackets

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Etymology

Origin of glassine

First recorded in 1915–20; glass + -ine ¹

Example Sentences

The detective strode into the walk-in evidence vault and, wearing latex gloves, produced nearly three dozen crisp new $100 bills, each in a glassine envelope.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2017

Johnson sampled musks and decided on a three-dollar glassine of “Bleue Nile,” while King and Smith contemplated buying their own “Black Lives Matter” shirts.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 8, 2017

The storefront is purple, the walls are purple and even the glassine cups that each hug a perfect truffle are purple.

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2015

Each of the 63 images is a variation on a single object: a small, crumpled glassine bag stamped with an often exotic or bleakly satirical brand name.

From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2014

He also found that glass makes the best container for coffee, with the tin can, and the foil-lined bag with an inner lining of glassine, not greatly inferior.

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)