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rice paper
[ rahys pey-per ]
noun
- a Chinese or Japanese paper made from the pith of the rice-paper tree or certain other plants, cut and pressed into thin sheets:
a watercolor painting on rice paper.
- a thin paper made from the straw of the rice plant, as in China.
- (in Southeast Asian cuisine) an almost translucent sheet made from a dough of rice flour and water, used for wrapping spring rolls and other foods.
rice paper
noun
- a thin semitransparent edible paper made from the straw of rice, on which macaroons and similar cakes are baked
- a thin delicate Chinese paper made from an araliaceous plant, Tetrapanax papyriferum ( rice-paper plant ) of Taiwan, the pith of which is pared and flattened into sheets
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rice paper1
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Example Sentences
And the Constitution, written on goatskin not rice paper, might be as our country was under Jefferson.
Two of the four walls of the guest-room were of shoji, a lattice covered with translucent rice-paper.
The first thing Tarling saw, when he turned on the light, was a strip of rice paper on which the ink was scarcely dry.
He heard the rustle of rice paper—Whong Lee wrapping up some Ginsing roots perhaps.
Next lay the construction paper on the Japanese rice paper and trace on it the stencil design.
Again, lay the construction paper on the rice paper and glue the two together.
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