paperlike
Resembling dried pulp
Paperlike describes something resembling paper in texture, thickness, or appearance.
Skin may become dry and paperlike with age.
Certain leaves have a paperlike quality—thin and slightly brittle.
The wasp built a paperlike nest under the eaves.
Extremely lacking thickness
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
- filmyThin and translucent
- sheerAbsolute; also diaphanous
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
gauzy · translucent · delicate · flimsy · wispy · leaflike · membranous · laminar
Treated hide for manuscripts
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
- fibrousMade of threads
- matteNon-reflective surface finish
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
grainy · coarse · crepe · linen · washi · textured · crinkled · pulpy
wafer-thin
Extremely lacking thickness
diaphanous · gauzy · translucent · delicate · flimsy · wispy · leaflike · membranous · laminar · sheeted
parchment
Treated hide for manuscripts
smooth · grainy · coarse · crepe · linen · washi · textured · crinkled · pulpy · felted
brittle
Liable to shatter
friable · crackable · frangible · breakable · perishable · ephemeral · degradable · yellowing · foxed · fragile
artificial
Made, not natural
synthetic · simulated · manufactured · polymer · plastic · composite · laminate · coated · treated · processed