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papyrus
[ puh-pahy-ruhs ]
noun
- a tall, aquatic plant, Cyperus papyrus, of the sedge family, native to the Nile valley: the Egyptian subspecies, C. papyrus hadidii, thought to be common in ancient times, now occurs only in several sites.
- a material on which to write, prepared from thin strips of the pith of this plant laid together, soaked, pressed, and dried, used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans.
- an ancient document, manuscript, or scroll written on this material.
papyrus
/ ±èəˈ±è²¹Éª°ùÉ™²õ /
noun
- a tall aquatic cyperaceous plant, Cyperus papyrus, of S Europe and N and central Africa with small green-stalked flowers arranged like umbrella spokes around the stem top
- a kind of paper made from the stem pith of this plant, used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans
- an ancient document written on this paper
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è²¹Â·±è²â۲¹±ô ±è²¹Â·±è²â°ù·¾±Â·²¹²Ô [p, uh, -, pir, -ee-, uh, n], ±è²¹Â·±è²â·°ù¾±²Ô±ð [p, uh, -, pahy, -rin], adjective
- ±è²¹±è·²â·°ù¾±Â·³Ù¾±´Ç³Ü²õ [pap-, uh, -, rish, -, uh, s], adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of papyrus1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of papyrus1
Example Sentences
In the past, some of the documents, which are made from a thick paper-like material called papyrus, were prised open but they crumbled into pieces.
Wheat-based glues have a long history in bookbinding that originates in ancient Egyptian texts, which experts have partially attributed to the longevity of the world's collection of papyrus documents.
The messenger unwraps the sash and gives me a small piece of papyrus.
The Sumerians of Mesopotamia devised a love song by around 2000 BCE, and scholars of Ancient Egypt have found love songs inscribed into pottery and written on sheets of papyrus.
Both were molded from cartonnage, created by soaking strips of linen or old papyrus scrolls in a paste and laying them over a woodblock form or the actual head of a mummy.
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