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Parchment

/pˈɑrtʃmənt/
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(noun) Material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.

Swallows fill the parchment of the sky with signatures in honor of the good weather.
You didn't tell me what you wrote on the parchment.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The medieval document was written on ____ made from dried animal skin and preserved in the archive.

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