parchment

IPA: pˈɑrtʃmʌnt

Material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.
A document made on such material.
A diploma (traditionally written on parchment).
Stiff paper imitating that material.
The creamy to tanned color of parchment.
The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.
A surname.

Examples of "parchment" in Sentences

His original birth record, on parchment, is in Taunton.
_parchment_? that parchment, being _scribbled o'er_, should undo a man?
Preparation: Broiled, saut é ed, baked in parchment paper (en papillote).
• To keep meat and fish juicy with no added fat, remember to cook in parchment paper or aluminum foil.
He called the parchment "a very, very important document in Maryland history," adding that "we're taking great pains to protect it."
The parchment is really a good idea with this recipe, I guess greased foil would work but you need to take the bars out of the pan to cut them.
There is Chilean sea bass steamed in parchment a French word on the menu and wands of asparagus, disposable cameras like so many breeding robotic crabs and a trick using South African coins, arguments over an "upset" boxing match, a pair of shoes whose owner cannot be found, and a child who wants her to see him pee.
For written on that piece of yellowed parchment is not only the bold assertion that thirteen former British colonies were and forever would remain free and independent states, but also the once radical idea that history has a right side and a wrong side, and that Americans stood and would always stand on the right side.