"greaseproof" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more greaseproof [comparative], most greaseproof [superlative]
Etymology: grease + -proof Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|grease|proof}} grease + -proof Head templates: {{en-adj}} greaseproof (comparative more greaseproof, superlative most greaseproof)
  1. Resistant to grease. Derived forms: greaseproof paper Translations (Resistant to grease): маслоустойчив (masloustojčiv) (Bulgarian), gréiscdhíonach (Irish)
    Sense id: en-greaseproof-en-adj-RxDIQsUl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -proof Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -proof: 67 33

Verb

Forms: greaseproofs [present, singular, third-person], greaseproofing [participle, present], greaseproofed [participle, past], greaseproofed [past]
Etymology: grease + -proof Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|grease|proof}} grease + -proof Head templates: {{en-verb}} greaseproof (third-person singular simple present greaseproofs, present participle greaseproofing, simple past and past participle greaseproofed)
  1. (transitive) To make resistant to grease. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-greaseproof-en-verb-8tobiov4

Inflected forms

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