carbon paper

noun

paper faced with a preparation of carbon or other material, used between two sheets of plain paper in order to reproduce on the lower sheet that which is written or typed on the upper.
Also called carbon tissue. a paper for making photographs by the carbon process.

Origin of carbon paper

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby carbon paper

carbon monoxide poisoning, carbon nanotube, carbon neutral, carbon offset, carbon offsetting, carbon paper, carbon process, carbon sequestration, carbon sink, carbon star, carbon steel

British Dictionary definitions for carbon paper

carbon paper

noun

a thin sheet of paper coated on one side with a dark waxy pigment, often containing carbon, that is transferred by the pressure of writing or of typewriter keys onto the copying surface below Often shortened to: carbon
another name for carbon tissue