parchment
part of speech
noun (parchment — uncountable; a parchment, parchments for a document)
meaning for a pupil
1) A material for writing on, made long ago from the thin, dried skin of a sheep, goat or calf. tree →
2) A document written on it: an old parchment. tree →
3) Thick, stiff, yellowish paper made to look like it (parchment paper); also baking paper. tree →
sense in the lessons
History lessons: medieval books, charters and Magna Carta (1215) were written on parchment. Stories: treasure maps and old scrolls. In Alice in Wonderland the White Rabbit unrolls a parchment scroll to read out the accusation at the trial. Cooking: line the tin with baking parchment.
examples
- Magna Carta was written on parchment. tree →
- The White Rabbit unrolled the parchment scroll. tree →
- The pirate's map was drawn on old parchment. tree →
- Monks copied books onto parchment by hand. tree →
- Line the cake tin with baking parchment. tree →
- The old man's skin looked like parchment. tree →
- We made our certificates look like parchment. tree →
- CLIO, the muse of History, holds in her hand a roll of parchment, and wears a wreath of laurel. tree →
note
Uncountable as a material (a sheet of parchment); countable for documents (old parchments). «Vellum» is fine parchment made from calfskin.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «parchment» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.