brown paper

brown paper noun: a strong, coarse, brown-coloured paper, not heavily bleached and retaining more of the natural components of wood (especially lignin); commonly used in packaging.

Noun

brown paper (usually uncountable, plural brown papers)

(usually) A strong, coarse, brown-coloured paper, not heavily bleached and retaining more of the natural components of wood (especially lignin); commonly used in packaging.
- Then up Jack got.
  And home did trot,
  As fast as he could caper;
  Dame Gill did the job,
  To plaster his nob
  With vinegar and brown paper.1810, Jack and Jill, and old Dame Gill, York: J. Kendrew, page 3
- “I believe, Miss Howard, that it was you who found this sheet of brown paper?” He held up the same dusty piece which Poirot and I had examined in the morning-room at Styles.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 155

brown paper meaning in Tamil

brown paper in Tamil

பழுப்புத்தாள்

Forms of brown paper

plural	brown papers

Questions about brown paper

What does brown paper mean?: Brown paper means a strong, coarse, brown-coloured paper, not heavily bleached and retaining more of the natural components of wood (especially lignin); commonly used in packaging.
What is brown paper in Tamil?: Brown paper in Tamil is பழுப்புத்தாள். See Brown paper meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is brown paper?: Brown paper is a noun.
What is the plural of brown paper?: The plural of brown paper is brown papers.

Words near brown paper in the dictionary

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