Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The process or craft of making paper.
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- noun The craft of making
paper
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- noun the craft of making paper
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Examples
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The main papermaking centers were in the areas of what is now Veracruz, Morelos, Guerrero, Puebla, Hidalgo, and Oaxaca.
Amate Art of Mexico - (Where the Secular Meets the Sacred) 2007
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The main papermaking centers were in the areas of what is now Veracruz, Morelos, Guerrero, Puebla, Hidalgo, and Oaxaca.
Amate Art of Mexico - (Where the Secular Meets the Sacred) 2007
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Finland's reliance on imports, which come mainly from Russia and supply 15 percent of all power, make the country vulnerable because of its energy-intensive industries such as papermaking and winters where temperatures in the north can remain below freezing for six months, supporters of the building program say.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2010
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Paper manufacturer Stora Enso Oyj closed production at the mill in 2008, and Google saw the opportunity to fill the structure with the technology that contributed to the demise of papermaking in Hamina.
For Data Center, Google Goes for the Cold Sven Grunberg 2011
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After a series of transactions, a company called NewPage formed and grew to operate 16 papermaking machines at mills in six states and Nova Scotia, Canada.
NewPage Files for Chapter 11 Mike Spector 2011
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—For a while, it looked like northern New Hampshire's papermaking heritage was gone for good.
Tissue Rolls to Mill's Rescue Jennifer Levitz 2012
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The new empire also needed Arabic versions of texts on geometry, engineering and arithmetic; it clashed with the Chinese, and from prisoners learned the art of papermaking.
Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science by Jim al-Khalili – review Tim Radford 2010
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True to its message, the show ends with photographs of both artists, displayed across the room from a case containing pigments, brushes and papermaking tools.
Anonymous No More Lee Lawrence 2011
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He has been in charge of teaching papermaking, paper crafts, bookbinding; designing tools and equipment for such workshops; and researching on and disseminating information on matters related to such topics.
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Apilado has had seminars on papermaking, book arts and conservation here and abroad.
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