parchment
Meaning of parchment
- a stiff, flat, thin material made from the prepared skin of an animal, usually a sheep or goat, and used as a durable writing surface in ancient and medieval times.
he borrowed a quill and a piece of parchment
his skin stretched like old parchment over his cheeks
parchment rolls
Middle English: from Old French parchemin, from a blend of late Latin pergamina ‘writing material from Pergamum’ and Parthica pellis ‘Parthian skin’ (a kind of scarlet leather).
Information about parchment
- It is a name.
- The plural form of parchment is: parchments.
- Languages in which parchment is used:
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Hyphenation of parchment
parch-ment
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- parchment is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
parchment synonyms
Meaning sheepskin:
Words that rhyme with parchment
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