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butcher paper

butcher paper noun: a kind of absorbent kraft paper, originally sold to butchers in large sheets for wrapping meat and fish, and now used for arts and crafts in primary education.

Noun

butcher paper (usually uncountable, plural butcher papers)

  1. (usually) A kind of absorbent kraft paper, originally sold to butchers in large sheets for wrapping meat and fish, and now used for arts and crafts in primary education.

Forms of butcher paper

pluralbutcher papers

Questions about butcher paper

What does butcher paper mean?
Butcher paper means a kind of absorbent kraft paper, originally sold to butchers in large sheets for wrapping meat and fish, and now used for arts and crafts in primary education.
What part of speech is butcher paper?
Butcher paper is a noun.
What is the plural of butcher paper?
The plural of butcher paper is butcher papers.

Words near butcher paper in the dictionary

  1. butcher blocks
  2. butcher blue
  3. butcher boy
  4. butcher knife
  5. butcher knives
  6. butcher paper
  7. butcher papers
  8. butcher shop
  9. butcher shops
  10. butcher stripes
  11. butcher's

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