Definition of parchments Parchments
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What does parchments mean?
Wiktionary 
- parchments (Noun)
Plural of parchment.
Part of speech
🔤- parchments, noun, plural of parchment.
WordNet
NounPlural: parchments |
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| parchment - skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on | ||
| sheepskin, lambskin | ||
| animal skin the outer covering of an animal | ||
| parchment - a superior paper resembling sheepskin | ||
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Wiktionary
- parchment (Noun)
A material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing. - parchment (Noun)
A document made on such material. - parchment (Noun)
A diploma traditionally written on parchment. - parchment (Noun)
Stiff paper imitating that material. - parchment (Noun)
The creamy to tanned color of parchment.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- parchment (n.)
The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum. - parchment (n.)
The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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parchment
pärch′ment, n. the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on.—Parchment paper, or Vegetable parchment (see Paper).—Virgin parchment, a fine kind of parchment made from the skins of new-born lambs or kids. [Fr. parchemin—L. pergamena (charta, paper)—from Gr. Pergamos.]
Part of speech
🔤- parchment, noun, singular of parchments.
