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parchment

[pahrch-muhnt] / ˈpɑrtʃ mənt /
NOUN
vellum
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I prefer parchment paper for the first layer, which allows the bread to breathe and avoids recreating the clammy condensation routine of the airport sandwich.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

The text formed part of what is known as a codex, where parchment sheets were folded to create pages and marked out to create book numbers to help readers navigate.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Older versions of the story exist on clay tablets, but the water-damaged sections of parchment kept at the Manchester library are the most ancient version of the epic in "book" form.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Heat the oven to 300°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2026

Perhaps he began by looking through translucent parchment and inking an outline directly on to it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

There are no secret documents or Ark of the Covenant filled with parchments detailing punt returns, two-point plays or gunner lanes stored away on family property, they say.

From Seattle Times Oct. 25, 2022

The jars held the first of the parchments that would come to be known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. The scrolls’ discovery kicked off a search that lasted for nearly a decade.

From Washington Post Feb. 9, 2017

The parchments are valued keepsakes, commemorating births, marriages and in this case, Holy Year pilgrimages.

From US News Dec. 14, 2015

Walls are clad in paper parchments, mica and painted bamboo; while chairs are wrapped in woven and plush knitted fabrics.

From Forbes Feb. 8, 2015

Aureliano abandoned the parchments, did not leave the house again, and carelessly answered the letters from the wise Catalonian.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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