Onionskin (Noun)
Meaning
A thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- She typed away on the old machine using onionskin to make several copies of the report at once.
- He found an old package of onionskin paper in his grandfather's attic and used it to restore an antique typewriter.
- Office supplies from the past century often included reams of onionskin, carbon paper, and paper clips.
- Due to the onionskin paper's translucency, users often typed through two sheets of it and one of carbon to produce three identical copies.
- Years ago onionskin paper made business and letter writing faster with fewer chances of running out of carbon paper when writing at a manual typewriter.