tracing paper
noun
: a semitransparent paper for tracing drawings
also
: a thin paper containing a clothing pattern to be transferred to fabric (as through carbon paper) by tracing
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Create biodegradable confetti with leaves and a hole punch.
Make botanical art with tracing paper, crayons, and leaves of different shapes.
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2024
Always handy with tracing paper and a pencil to guide us to a better place in our drawings.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 14 June 2023
Rather than draw on that base plan, cover the base plan with tracing paper and draw on the tracing paper.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2022
An American based in Santiago, Chile, McDowell has grasped the torch passed by luminaries such as Edith Grossman; translation, to invoke Grossman’s famous metaphor, isn’t merely copying one language over another, like tracing paper, but rather an act of creation unto itself.
—Hamilton Cain, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2023
After 50 hours of penciling and erasing on ever larger sheets of graph paper, Yesley inked the final drawing on sewing tracing paper and turned it over to Weinberg.
—Steve Maas, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
In one passage, recommendations for a form of tracing paper included paper rubbed with linseed oil or pork fat, the amniotic membrane of a cow’s embryo, or the pericardium of an ox.
—Anthony Grafton, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022
Use a pencil, ball point pen, or tracing paper to draw the design on the pumpkin and then get carving.
—Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 18 Aug. 2022
It’s gray tracing paper, with some instructions for the printer to print the colors.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Sep. 2021
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2024
Always handy with tracing paper and a pencil to guide us to a better place in our drawings.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 14 June 2023
Rather than draw on that base plan, cover the base plan with tracing paper and draw on the tracing paper.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2022
An American based in Santiago, Chile, McDowell has grasped the torch passed by luminaries such as Edith Grossman; translation, to invoke Grossman’s famous metaphor, isn’t merely copying one language over another, like tracing paper, but rather an act of creation unto itself.
—Hamilton Cain, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2023
After 50 hours of penciling and erasing on ever larger sheets of graph paper, Yesley inked the final drawing on sewing tracing paper and turned it over to Weinberg.
—Steve Maas, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
In one passage, recommendations for a form of tracing paper included paper rubbed with linseed oil or pork fat, the amniotic membrane of a cow’s embryo, or the pericardium of an ox.
—Anthony Grafton, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022
Use a pencil, ball point pen, or tracing paper to draw the design on the pumpkin and then get carving.
—Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 18 Aug. 2022
It’s gray tracing paper, with some instructions for the printer to print the colors.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Sep. 2021
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“Tracing paper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tracing%20paper. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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