manifold paper

8.1

Thin lightweight paper you use with carbon paper to make extra copies

noun
/ˈmænɪˌfoʊld ˈpeɪpər/

Archaic

: papel carbón

The secretary placed a sheet of manifold paper beneath the original to create duplicates.

Examples

For legal forms, manifold paper is often used with carbon copies.
He tore out the manifold paper after finishing the receipt book.
I need some manifold paper for the copies.
The office supplies include manifold paper and envelopes.
The secretary placed a sheet of manifold paper beneath the original to create duplicates.
For legal forms, manifold paper is often used with carbon copies.
The office supplies include manifold paper and envelopes in the supply cabinet.

Synonyms

manifold

vsmanifold paper

Archaic

9.4

Thin paper used with carbon paper to make several copies

is the full name that specifies the sheet as a paper for carbon copying

How Precise

graph paper

3 2.0

music paper

1 3.0

manifold paper

Archaic

8.1

waste paper

1 1.1

Surface Forms

manifold paper singular

manifold papers plural

Morphology

manifold + paper

The meaning is directly compositional: 'manifold' (a lightweight sheet used for making duplicates) combined with 'paper' (thin sheets for writing/printing) yields 'paper used for making multiple copies.' This is a straightforward noun–noun specification naming a type of paper, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent meanings can infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

The name manifold paper comes from manifold, an old word for 'many', and from how people used it. Thin paper used with carbon sheets would copy writing onto several pages at once, so it means 'paper for making several copies'.