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# parchment

noun (parchment — uncountable; a parchment, parchments for a document)

«parchment» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A material for writing on, made long ago from the thin, dried skin of a sheep, goat or calf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parchment/#m1)
2. A document written on it: an old parchment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parchment/#m2)
3. Thick, stiff, yellowish paper made to look like it (parchment paper); also baking paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parchment/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parchment/#x1)
- The White Rabbit unrolled the parchment scroll. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parchment/#x2)
- The pirate's map was drawn on old parchment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parchment/#x3)
- Monks copied books onto parchment by hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parchment/#x4)
- Line the cake tin with baking parchment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parchment/#x5)
- The old man's skin looked like parchment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parchment/#x6)
- We made our certificates look like parchment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parchment/#x7)
- CLIO, the muse of History, holds in her hand a roll of parchment, and wears a wreath of laurel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parchment/#x8)

### Note

Uncountable as a material (a sheet of parchment); countable for documents (old parchments). «Vellum» is fine parchment made from calfskin.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «parchment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parchment/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«parchment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/parchment.html) on Mova free.