Definition of Greaseproof paper

1. Noun. Paper that is impermeable to oil or grease; used in cooking.

Generic synonyms: Paper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Greaseproof Paper

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greaseball
greaseboard
greaseboards
greaseburger
greaseburgers
greased
greased lightning
greaseless
greaseless cream
greaselike
greasepaint
greasepaints
greaseproof
greaseproof paper (current term)
greaseproofed
greaseproofing
greaseproofs
greaser
greasers
greases
greasewood
greasewoods
greasier
greasies
greasiest
greasily
greasiness
greasinesses

Literary usage of Greaseproof paper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chapters on Papermaking by Clayton Beadle (1908)
"The pieces occupy spaces in between the flattened fibres, and if the right kind of pulp be chosen, a transparent greaseproof paper is produced. ..."

2. English Farming Past & Present by Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1917)
"... butter workers, butter hardeners, steel pails, tin-lined utensils, down to greaseproof paper, and chip or paper boxes for marketing the produce. ..."

3. Tariff Handbook by Committee on Ways and Means, United States, United States Dept. of the Treasury, Congress (1913)
"greaseproof paper use;l largely for wrapping oleaginous substances, and which answers to the approved methods of testing such papers, held dutiable under ..."

4. The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its Branches by Esther Baldwin York (1906)
"... and with them is supplied greaseproof paper on which to smear the grease, and instructions for applying the same ..."

5. Hearings Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, on the by United States, Senate, Congress, Committee on Finance (1922)
"The situation with reference to glassine and greaseproof paper in this country is such ... The minimum average cost at which bleached greaseproof paper is ..."

6. Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in by Edward William Cox (1907)
"A sample of butter submitted for analysis was done up in greaseproof paper. In consequence of this, the analyst was of opinion ..."

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