wax paper

See also: waxpaper

English

Alternative forms

• waxpaper, wax-paper

Noun

wax paper (countable and uncountable, plural wax papers)

1. A semitranslucent, moistureproof paper made with a waxy coating, used primarily for wrapping and packaging.
   • 1989 August 12, Sarah Schulman, “A Black Person Is More Than Nikes And Public Enemy”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 5, page 10:

     Even Sal's Pizzeria looks like a gentrified invention from Brooklyn Heights. Where's the greasy wax paper on the floor and the spilled Orange Crush on the plastic seats?

Synonyms

• butter paper
• paraffin paper
• sandwich paper
• waxed paper

 

Coordinate terms

• greaseproof paper
• parchment paper

Translations

semi-translucent, moisture-proof paper made with a waxy coating

• Arabic: وَرَق شَمْع m (waraq šamʕ), مُهْرَق m (muhraq)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: paper encerat m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蠟紙／蜡纸 (zh) (làzhǐ)

• Czech: voskovaný papír m, voskový papír m
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: voipaperi (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Ölpapier (de) n, Wachspapier n
• Greek: κερωμένο χαρτί n (keroméno chartí)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: páipéar céarach m
• Japanese: 蝋紙 (ろうがみ, rōgami)
• Kazakh: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: pepa wākiha
• Romanian: hârtie cerată (ro) f
• Russian: воща́нка (ru) f (voščánka), вощённая бума́га f (voščónnaja bumága)
• Spanish: papel encerado m (Spain, Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Puerto Rico); papel manteca m (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela); papel de cera m (Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador)
• Swedish: smörgåspapper n, smörpapper n
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: giấy sáp (vi), giấy nến
• Welsh: papur cwyr m

Further reading

• wax paper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia