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Definition of paper-thin in English: paper-thinadjective Very thin or insubstantial. her sophistication was paper-thin Example sentencesExamples - The walls were paper-thin and I'd hear everything that went on when she came home from the pub after closing time.
- Once the frame had been moulded, paper-thin gold leaf was applied to the wood over a thin layer of gesso plaster.
- Unfortunately, once the cinematographic tricks and impressive performances are stripped away, this is a film with a paper-thin plot and a hollow core.
- In the press, flowers and leaves become delicate, paper-thin elements for decorating all kinds of projects.
- They can dip specially marinated paper-thin slices of an assortment of meat, seafood or vegetable using chopsticks or small baskets into the pot.
- A paper-thin semiconductor device, the solar cell has no moving parts.
- I heard my mom yell up the stairs, at the top of her lungs, even though I could hear her through our paper-thin walls if she just spoke it.
- These grayish black mushrooms look like small, delicate, paper-thin, crinkled leaves.
- Two types of unleavened Lebanese bread are khub, which resembles pita bread, and marqouq, which is paper-thin.
- What, for instance, is the point of making a paper-thin wafer of aubergine and laying it on top of a piece of foie gras when it is virtually inedible because it also tastes like paper?
- But, I have to say, the paper-thin slices are a delicate pale pink and sheer melt-in-your-mouth delight.
- This is an egg cooked (by deep-frying) inside a triangle of paper-thin folded pastry, perhaps with a little tuna added.
- They just keep raising their prices in hopes of increasing their profits above their current paper-thin margins, and failing.
- Butterflies use their tiny, paper-thin wings in flight while searching for specific hosts for egg-laying.
Synonyms thin, gossamer-thin, ultra-thin, flimsy, delicate, insubstantial, fragile, frail, light, lightweight
Definition of paper-thin in US English: paper-thinadjectiveˈpāpər THinˈpeɪpər θɪn Extremely thin or insubstantial. her sophistication was paper-thin Example sentencesExamples - In the press, flowers and leaves become delicate, paper-thin elements for decorating all kinds of projects.
- A paper-thin semiconductor device, the solar cell has no moving parts.
- They can dip specially marinated paper-thin slices of an assortment of meat, seafood or vegetable using chopsticks or small baskets into the pot.
- The walls were paper-thin and I'd hear everything that went on when she came home from the pub after closing time.
- Once the frame had been moulded, paper-thin gold leaf was applied to the wood over a thin layer of gesso plaster.
- What, for instance, is the point of making a paper-thin wafer of aubergine and laying it on top of a piece of foie gras when it is virtually inedible because it also tastes like paper?
- Butterflies use their tiny, paper-thin wings in flight while searching for specific hosts for egg-laying.
- But, I have to say, the paper-thin slices are a delicate pale pink and sheer melt-in-your-mouth delight.
- They just keep raising their prices in hopes of increasing their profits above their current paper-thin margins, and failing.
- Unfortunately, once the cinematographic tricks and impressive performances are stripped away, this is a film with a paper-thin plot and a hollow core.
- This is an egg cooked (by deep-frying) inside a triangle of paper-thin folded pastry, perhaps with a little tuna added.
- Two types of unleavened Lebanese bread are khub, which resembles pita bread, and marqouq, which is paper-thin.
- These grayish black mushrooms look like small, delicate, paper-thin, crinkled leaves.
- I heard my mom yell up the stairs, at the top of her lungs, even though I could hear her through our paper-thin walls if she just spoke it.
Synonyms thin, gossamer-thin, ultra-thin, flimsy, delicate, insubstantial, fragile, frail, light, lightweight
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