glassine

glass·ine

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Definitions of glassine word

noun glassine a strong, thin, glazed, semitransparent paper, often made into small bags, used for packaging foods, for book jackets, etc. 1
noun glassine a glazed translucent paper used for book jackets 0
noun glassine a thin but tough, glazed, nearly transparent paper, used as for envelopes 0
noun glassine a light paper used as interleaving between artworks or stamp album pages. 0
noun glassine smooth, non-absorbing, grease- and moisture-resistant, super-calendered paper. 0
noun glassine (philately, usually used as a plural) A small stamp packet made from glassine paper. 0

before 1915

One of the 14% newest English words

First recorded in 1915-20; glass + -ine1

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

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