plate paper

noun

A heavy spongy paper, for printing from engraved plates.

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Meanings

nounplate paper (countable and uncountable, plural plate papers)

plural plate papers

  1. countableuncountableA heavy spongy paper, for printing from engraved plates.

    The most artistic method of mounting on card or paper is to mount on plain white plate paper, with the plate - mark sunk in , as in the case of engravings

    1802, William Henry Burbank, Photographic Printing Methods
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