parchment
parchment Lexical Profile
parchment Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A type of stiff, heat-resistant, and translucent paper treated to resemble animal skin, widely used in baking to prevent food from sticking to pans.
"Line the baking sheet with parchment before placing the cookie dough in the oven."
A stiff, flat, thin material made from the prepared skin of an animal (usually a sheep or goat), used in ancient and medieval times as a durable surface for writing.
"The ancient scholars carefully transcribed the historical texts onto heavy rolls of parchment."
A formal document or manuscript written on parchment or a material resembling it, such as a diploma, charter, or certificate.
"The university graduate proudly framed her hard-earned parchment and hung it on the office wall."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Middle English: from Old French parchemin, ultimately from Latin Pergamina (charta) 'paper of Pergamum', named after Pergamum, an ancient city in Asia Minor where the material was supposedly invented or popularized.
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