"onion skin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: onion skins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} onion skin (countable and uncountable, plural onion skins)
  1. Alternative form of onionskin (“kind of translucent paper”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: onionskin (extra: kind of translucent paper)
    Sense id: en-onion_skin-en-noun-J2As3h7q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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