"onionskin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-onionskin.wav Forms: onionskins [plural]
Etymology: onion + skin Etymology templates: {{compound|en|onion|skin}} onion + skin Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} onionskin (countable and uncountable, plural onionskins)
  1. A thin, strong, light, translucent paper; used especially for making carbon copies. Wikipedia link: onionskin Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: onion paper, onion skin Translations (paper): paper ceba [masculine] (Catalan), läpilyöntipaperi (Finnish), papel cebolla [masculine] (Spanish)

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