onion skin
Thin typing sheets
Onion skin is the thin, papery outer layer of an onion, easily peeled away.
The term extends to a type of lightweight, translucent paper once common for carbon copies and airmail letters: The contract was typed on onion skin.
The paper's delicate, semi-transparent quality resembles the vegetable's membrane.
Permitting diffused light passage
- paperyThin and dry-textured
- thinSmall in diameter
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- flakyCrumbly or unreliable
layered · peeling · membranous · gossamer · sheer · filmy · diaphanous · fragile
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- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
- lightweightLacking mass or importance
bond · airmail · typewriter · letterhead · drafting · architectural · overlay · carbon
Transparent sheet for cartoons
- acetateVinegar-derived compound
- overlayCovering placed atop
- frameSupporting outer structure
- transparencyState of being see-through
layering · registration · background · foreground · stacking · compositing · traditional · hand-drawn
translucent
Permitting diffused light passage
flaky · layered · peeling · membranous · gossamer · sheer · filmy · diaphanous · fragile · brittle
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- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
lightweight · bond · airmail · typewriter · letterhead · drafting · architectural · overlay · carbon · manifold
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Transparent sheet for cartoons
transparency · layering · registration · background · foreground · stacking · compositing · traditional · hand-drawn
shallot
Mild culinary bulb
caramelized · roasted · pickled · charred · membrane · peel · outer layer · husk · wrapper
- peelablesbanana peel, orange peel, lemon zest, wallpaper removal
- animationanimation, animator, animators, cartoon, cartoons
- microscopy for youthmicroscope, lens, slide, magnification, specimen
- paper productstissue paper, wrapping paper, construction paper, graph paper, lined paper
- peelsapple peel, banana peel, banana peels, orange peel, orange peels
- skinssheepskin, lambskin, goatskin, pigskin, cowhide
onion skincardstock
Rigid paper material
cardboard · cover stock · posterboard · heavyweight paper · chipboard
onion skincardstock
Rigid paper material
cardboard · laminated paper · vellum · parchment · linen paper