papery
/ˈpeɪp(ə)ri
/adjective
Thin and dry like paper: papery onion skins...
- Garlic is ready to harvest when the leaves turn papery and fade.
- Make sure you remove the papery membrane that you'll find between the two halves.
- It is a beautiful tree, with gracious branches and a brilliant white papery peeling bark.
Synonyms
thin, paper-thin, gossamer-thin, ultra-thin, flimsy, delicate, insubstantial, fragile, frail, light, lightweight
rare papyraceous, chartaceous
Rhymes
- fairwards
- fairwater
- fairway
- fair-weather
- fair-weathered
- fair-weather friend
- fairy
- fairy armadillo
- fairy arrow
- fairy basslet
- fairy beads
- fairy bell
- fairy bells
- fairy bird
- fairy bluebird
- fairy book
- fairy bread
- fairy butter
- fairy cake
- fairy cap
- fairy cheeses
- fairy chess
- fairy court
- fairy cups
- fairy cycle