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# vellum

«vellum» in Mova's school dictionary: **thick, smooth writing material made from the skin of an…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (vellum, vellums)

### meaning for a pupil

Vellum is thick, smooth writing material made from the skin of an animal, used for old books and documents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vellum/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales and history, old books and stories were written on vellum before paper was common

### examples

- The monk wrote the story on vellum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vellum/#x1)
- The old book had pages of vellum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vellum/#x2)
- Vellum lasts for many years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vellum/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «vellum» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vellum/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.