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Synonyms for parchment

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Paper — stiff paper imitating that material

paper, wax paper, vegetable parchment

2. Vellum — material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing

vellum, membrane, bookfell dated

3. Lambskin

lambskin, sheep-skin

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.

  2. n. 2

    Stiff paper imitating that material.

  3. n. 3

    A document made on such material.

Forms

Plural
parchments → papers, vellums, membranes, bookfells…

Example sentences

  • paper I wrote down his phone number on a scrap of paper.
  • membrane The doctor has taken a swab from the mucous membrane.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
parchmentrising
papersteady
membranesteady
vellumfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
paper2
6 letters
vellum
8 letters
membrane2, isabella4, lambskin, bookfell
10 letters
palimpsest3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (paper2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
parchemin
Italiano
pergamena