'Parchment' definitions:
Definition of 'parchment'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Parchment'
From: GCIDE
- Parchment \Parch"ment\ (p[aum]rch"ment), n. [OE. parchemin, perchemin, F. parchemin, LL. pergamenum, L. pergamena, pergamina, fr. L. Pergamenus of or belonging to Pergamus an ancient city of Mysia in Asia Minor, where parchment was first used.]
- 1. The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum. [1913 Webster]
- But here's a parchment with the seal of C[ae]sar. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp. [1913 Webster]
- Parchment paper. See Papyrine. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'parchment'
From: Easton
- Parchment a skin prepared for writing on; so called from Pergamos (q.v.), where this was first done (2 Tim. 4:13).
Synonyms of 'parchment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- article,
- autograph,
- biscuit,
- blank,
- bone,
- brainchild,
- bubble,
- china,
- chirograph,
- codex,
- composition,
- computer printout,
- copy,
- cracker,
- docket,
- document,
- dossier,
- draft,
- dust,
- edited version,
- eggshell,
- engrossment,
- essay,
- fair copy,
- fiction,
- file,
- final draft,
- finished version,
- first draft,
- flimsy,
- form,
- glass,
- glass house,
- holograph,
- house of cards,
- ice,
- instrument,
- legal document,
- legal instrument,
- legal paper,
- letter,
- literae scriptae,
- literary artefact,
- literary production,
- literature,
- lucubration,
- manuscript,
- matchwood,
- matter,
- mummy,
- nonfiction,
- official document,
- old paper,
- opus,
- original,
- palimpsest,
- paper,
- papers,
- papyrus,
- penscript,
- personal file,
- piece,
- piece of writing,
- piecrust,
- play,
- poem,
- printed matter,
- printout,
- production,
- reading matter,
- recension,
- roll,
- screed,
- scrip,
- script,
- scrive,
- scroll,
- second draft,
- stick,
- the written word,
- transcript,
- transcription,
- typescript,
- version,
- work,
- writ,
- writing
Parchment, MI -- U.S. city in Michigan
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Parchment, MI -- U.S. city in Michigan
Population (2000) :
1936
Housing Units (2000) :
873
Land area (2000) :
0.855291 sq. miles (2.215193 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.033619 sq. miles (0.087074 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.888910 sq. miles (2.302267 sq. km)
FIPS code :
62340
Located within :
Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location :
42.325639 N, 85.567832 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
49004
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.