tissue paper

noun

: a thin gauzy paper used especially for protecting something (as by covering or wrapping)

Examples of tissue paper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Wash your mother’s clothes one last time and put them away— like wrapping a scoop of snow in tissue paper. Carolyn Forché, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2024 The tape was found next to a piece of tissue paper containing fecal matter – and a fingerprint that forensic analysts said belonged to Fleetwood. The Enquirer, 21 Mar. 2024 Then fringe the ends by cutting many thing slits and add tissue paper pom-poms to resemble a firework display. Kit Selzer, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Mar. 2024 Later in the lab, the researchers put the samples in a piece of tissue paper within a closed funnel filled with some water. Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024 Wrap them in acid-free tissue paper to protect the garments. Abby Ferguson, Popular Science, 28 Feb. 2024 The mineral blend works like an enzyme or bioactive treatment and is effective against waste solids and household tissue paper. Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2023 The next three months were even worse; she was forced to make do with only tissue paper and old clothes. Elizabeth Wells and Eoin McSweeney, CNN, 5 Dec. 2023 For a more kid-friendly version, switch out the wire for pipe cleaners. 10 DIY Paper Ornament These colorful Christmas ornaments can be made with crepe paper or tissue paper. Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1777, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tissue paper was in 1777

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“Tissue paper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tissue%20paper. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

tissue paper

noun
: a thin paper used especially to wrap delicate articles
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