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CARBON PAPER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does carbon paper mean?

• CARBON PAPER (noun)
The noun CARBON PAPER has 1 sense:

1. a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper

Familiarity information: CARBON PAPER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CARBON PAPER (noun)

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Meaning:

A thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

carbon paper; carbon

Hypernyms ("carbon paper" is a kind of...):

paper (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses)

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