tracing paper

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   a semitransparent paper that is used for tracing drawings

   Broaderpaper

Questions about tracing paper

What does tracing paper mean?

tracing paper means "a semitransparent paper that is used for tracing drawings".

Is tracing paper a common word?

tracing paper is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.