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As a noun, parchment means material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.
Meanings of parchment
7 meaningsnoun
Material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.
A document made on such material.
A diploma (traditionally written on parchment).
Stiff paper imitating that material.
The creamy to tanned color of parchment.
The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.
A superior paper resembling sheepskin
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
noun: skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
sheepskinlambskin
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