Papyrus - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |pəˈpaɪrəs|  American pronunciation of the word papyrus
Brit.  |pəˈpaɪrəs|  British pronunciation of the word papyrus

noun

- paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans
- tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
- a document written on papyrus

Extra examples

He discovered a papyrus in the ruins.

Word forms

noun
singular: papyrus
plural: papyruses or papyri
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