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rice paper

Word definitions for rice paper in dictionaries

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Her skin, stretched over tendons and bones, had the delicacy of rice paper . ▪ They come wrapped in paper, and not even rice paper which one might eat.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a thin delicate material resembling paper; made from the rice-paper tree

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Rice paper is an umbrella term that has been used to collectively refer to several paper-like materials from East-Asia made from various plants. In different context rice paper may refer to: Thin peeled dried pith of Tetrapanax papyrifer : A sheet-like ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A thin, fragile paper made from parts of the rice plant, used in artificial flowers and watercolour art. 2 (context loosely English) Any similar paper made from a plant other than rice, such as bamboo or mulberry.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rice \Rice\, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr. ???, ???, probably from the Persian; cf. OPers. br[=i]zi, akin to Skr. vr[=i]hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf. Rye .] (Bot.) A well-known cereal grass ( Oryza sativa ) and its seed. This plant ...

Usage examples of rice paper.

He wore a blue silk kimono and sat at a low table, an oil lamp on it and sheets of rice paper, brushes of different thicknesses, water to soften the block of jet ink that now had a tiny, inviting pool in the hollowed-out center.

When I'd dressed that morning, I'd tucked several sheets of a very absorbent rice paper into the back of my obi.

The delicate rice paper crackled in his hands as he opened it and read the characters inked in a fine feminine hand.

The moon was huge in the black glittering square of the window, flat and thin as rice paper.

A soldier bowed his way in, handing Tuolin a slip of folded rice paper.

It was wrapped in layers of translucent rice paper and was sealed with his crest.