tissue paper

noun

a very thin, almost transparent paper used for wrapping delicate articles, covering illustrations in books, copying letters, etc.

Origin of tissue paper

First recorded in 1770–80

Words nearby tissue paper

Tisquantum, Tissot, tissue, tissue culture, tissue lymph, tissue paper, tissue plasminogen activator, tissue respiration, tissue-specific antigen, tissue tension, tissue type

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Example sentences from the Web for tissue paper

Lay a piece of tissue-paper over the face of the print, and rub the squeegee over it lightly.
Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895|Various
My friends by this time must be weaving my wings—those wings of tissue-paper that come by the post, and take us anywhere.
Willing to Die|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Remove the tissue-paper and strengthen the lines of your drawing with your hardest pencil.
Indoor and Outdoor Recreations for Girls|Lina Beard
His hands lighted on something done up in tissue-paper—an oblong parcel.
Despair's Last Journey|David Christie Murray

She spent a great deal of time folding the despised and rejected kimono into its tissue-paper wrappings.
The Little Mixer|Lillian Nicholson Shearon

British Dictionary definitions for tissue paper

tissue paper

noun

very thin soft delicate paper used to wrap breakable goods, as decoration, etc

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单词	tissue paper
释义	tissue paper noun a very thin, almost transparent paper used for wrapping delicate articles, covering illustrations in books, copying letters, etc. Origin of tissue paper First recorded in 1770–80 Words nearby tissue paper Tisquantum, Tissot, tissue, tissue culture, tissue lymph, tissue paper, tissue plasminogen activator, tissue respiration, tissue-specific antigen, tissue tension, tissue type Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tissue paper Lay a piece of tissue-paper over the face of the print, and rub the squeegee over it lightly. Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895\|Various My friends by this time must be weaving my wings—those wings of tissue-paper that come by the post, and take us anywhere. Willing to Die\|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Remove the tissue-paper and strengthen the lines of your drawing with your hardest pencil. Indoor and Outdoor Recreations for Girls\|Lina Beard His hands lighted on something done up in tissue-paper—an oblong parcel. Despair's Last Journey\|David Christie Murray She spent a great deal of time folding the despised and rejected kimono into its tissue-paper wrappings. The Little Mixer\|Lillian Nicholson Shearon British Dictionary definitions for tissue paper tissue paper noun very thin soft delicate paper used to wrap breakable goods, as decoration, etc Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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