paper
- Term Type
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Preferred Term
paper
- Details
Refers generally to all types of thin matted or felted sheets or webs of fiber formed and dried on a fine screen from a pulpy water suspension. The fibers may be animal, such as hair, silk or wool, or mineral, such as asbestos, or synthetic. However most paper is made from cellulosic plant fiber, such as from wood pulp, grass, cotton, linen, and straw.
- Variations
paper (fiber product)
paper, handmade
absorbent paper
papers
papier
Papier
carta
papel
papper