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tracing paper

tracing paper noun: a translucent paper on which may be traced the design of whatever it is placed on.

Noun

tracing paper (countable and uncountable, plural tracing papers)

  1. A translucent paper on which may be traced the design of whatever it is placed on.
    • Someone tore open the oiled silk covering and spread out the contents. Six sheets of fine tracing paper, each covered with signs and drawings, were disclosed.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    fodder

tracing paper meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Malay and Indonesian

tracing paper in Tamil

வரைபடப் படியெடு தாள், சுவடுவரைதாள், ஒளிகசியும் காகிதம்

tracing paper in Arabic

translucent paper
وَرَق إِسْتِشْفاف waraq ʔistišfāf

tracing paper in Malay

translucent paper
kertas surih

tracing paper in Indonesian

translucent paper
kalkir

Synonyms of tracing paper

Forms of tracing paper

pluraltracing papers

Questions about tracing paper

What does tracing paper mean?
Tracing paper means a translucent paper on which may be traced the design of whatever it is placed on.
What is tracing paper in Tamil?
Tracing paper in Tamil is வரைபடப் படியெடு தாள், சுவடுவரைதாள், ஒளிகசியும் காகிதம். See Tracing paper meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tracing paper?
Tracing paper is a noun.
What is the plural of tracing paper?
The plural of tracing paper is tracing papers.

Words near tracing paper in the dictionary

  1. tracible
  2. Tracie
  3. Tracies
  4. tracing
  5. tracing down
  6. tracing paper
  7. tracing papers
  8. tracingly
  9. tracings
  10. Tracinski
  11. Tracinskis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tracing paper (page history and authors); tracing paper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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