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rice paper

Word definitions for rice paper in dictionaries

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

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 ...

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.

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.

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.