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

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

She noted that Ms. Plath’s mother, Aurelia, kept everything of her daughter’s, even crumpled bits of tracing paper that Sylvia scribbled on as a child, giving scholars unusual access to her material world.

From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2018

I crumpled up the last piece of tracing paper and started sobbing, my head in my hands in my fort.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini