tissue paper
noun
: a thin gauzy paper used especially for protecting something (as by covering or wrapping)
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Use tissue paper, kraft paper, or scrapbook papers to dress up your gift.
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Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Dec. 2025
Gift Wrapping Supplies From gift bags to wrapping and tissue paper, Dollar Tree is a one-stop shop for deals on gifting supplies.
—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2025
The longest flights were achieved by maps printed at the later stages of the Second World War, when the mass printing of maps was well underway, and paper shortages led to some paper maps being printed on little more than tissue paper.
—Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
Simply cut out an outline of a pumpkin and have your child fill in the middle with pieces of tissue paper.
—Ellen Sturm Niz, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025
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Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Dec. 2025
Gift Wrapping Supplies From gift bags to wrapping and tissue paper, Dollar Tree is a one-stop shop for deals on gifting supplies.
—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2025
The longest flights were achieved by maps printed at the later stages of the Second World War, when the mass printing of maps was well underway, and paper shortages led to some paper maps being printed on little more than tissue paper.
—Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
Simply cut out an outline of a pumpkin and have your child fill in the middle with pieces of tissue paper.
—Ellen Sturm Niz, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Tissue paper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tissue%20paper. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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