onionskin

English

Alternative forms

• onion skin

Etymology

From onion +‎ skin; named for its resemblance to the skin of an onion (thin and crinkly).

Pronunciation

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Noun

onionskin (countable and uncountable, plural onionskins)

1. A thin, strong, light, translucent paper; used especially for making carbon copies.

   Synonym: onion paper

   • 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 406:

     I heard the dry-leaf rustle of onionskin papers.

Translations

paper

• Catalan: paper ceba m
• Finnish: läpilyöntipaperi (fi)
• Galician: papel cebola (gl)
• Spanish: papel cebolla m