CARBON PAPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carbon paper mean? 

• CARBON PAPER (noun)
  The noun CARBON PAPER has 1 sense:

1. a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper

  Familiarity information: CARBON PAPER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARBON PAPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

carbon; carbon paper

Hypernyms ("carbon paper" is a kind of...):

paper (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses)