ALL meanings of carbon paper
car·bon pa·per
C c - uncountable noun carbon paper Carbon paper is thin paper with a dark substance on one side. You use it to make copies of letters, bills, and other papers. 3
- noun carbon paper a thin sheet of paper coated on one side with a dark waxy pigment, often containing carbon, that is transferred by the pressure of writing or of typewriter keys onto the copying surface below 3
- noun carbon paper very thin paper coated on one side with a waxy, dark-colored preparation, as of carbon: it is placed between two sheets of paper so that the pressure of typing or writing on the upper sheet makes a copy on the lower 3
- noun carbon paper paper used in the carbon process 3
- noun carbon paper for copying documents 1
- noun carbon paper paper faced with a preparation of carbon or other material, used between two sheets of plain paper in order to reproduce on the lower sheet that which is written or typed on the upper. 1
- noun carbon paper Also called carbon tissue. a paper for making photographs by the carbon process. 1
- noun carbon paper A sheet of paper with one of the faces impregnated with carbon, used to make carbon copies. 0