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parchment paper

American  

noun

  1. a waterproof and grease-resistant paper produced by treating ordinary paper with concentrated sulfuric acid.


Etymology

Origin of parchment paper

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

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She says she lets the peppers sit at room temperature on a piece of parchment paper, turning them occasionally over a period of weeks.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024

Lightly grease an 8 x 8-inch baking pan and line it with parchment paper.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2023

Claire Trageser: Linda pulls the folder out and the first thing she notices is the swirling cursive on parchment paper.

From Scientific American • Oct. 5, 2023

He wrote to her regularly and Rosa sometimes replied, sending him lines of poetry and drawings of flowers she had copied out on sheets of parchment paper.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

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