- 1[uncountable] material made from the skin of a sheep or goat, used in the past for writing on parchment scrolls Her skin felt like parchment (= very dry).
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- 2[uncountable] a thick, pale, yellow type of paper a sheet of nonstick baking parchment
- 3[countable] a document written on a piece of parchment
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