cartridge paper

cartridge paper
noun
1. thick white paper for pencil and ink drawings
Hypernyms: ↑drawing paper
2. paper for making cartridge cases
Hypernyms: ↑paper

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noun
1. : a strong durable paper used for making cartridges
2. : a strong hard paper sometimes with a rough finish suitable for printing by offset lithography
3. : a cheap drawing paper

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cartridge paper UK US noun [uncountable] british
thick paper with a rough surface that you use for drawing
Thesaurus: office supplies and other stationeryhyponym

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cartridge paper,
1. a thick, strong paper used originally for making cartridges, and later as drawing paper.
2. a kind of wallpaper.

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ˈcartridge paper noun uncountable (BrE)
thick strong paper for drawing on
 
Word Origin:
[cartridge paper] mid 17th cent.: originally used to make cartridge cases.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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