Carbon Paper (Noun)
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- She placed a sheet of carbon paper between the original document and the blank sheet to make a copy.
- The office clerk used carbon paper to create multiple copies of the contract.
- In the old days, secretaries relied on carbon paper to make duplicates of typed letters.
- The artist used carbon paper to transfer her drawing onto a new sheet of paper.
- The teacher asked the students to use carbon paper to make a copy of their handwritten notes.