papermaker
- noun
- /ˈpeɪpərˌmeɪkər/
- During the factory tour, the papermaker explained how recycled materials are used in their production process.
- printers and papermakers
Examples
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Featuring some of the best fight choreography since Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by star Donnie Yen, the film follows an investigation into a double murder by a papermaker, whom the detective is convinced was once a gang member, now living peacefully years later.
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As a skilled papermaker, she transforms wood pulp into high-quality sheets of paper.
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The family-owned papermaker has been operating for generations, creating specialty papers for artists.
Synonyms
A company or person that makes many products, often with machines
A person or company that creates things such as cars and furniture
A factory that makes paper from wood or recycled material
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Etymology
Papermaker is just paper + maker. The word paper comes from an old word for the Egyptian plant papyrus, which people used for 'writing', and maker means someone who 'makes' things, so a papermaker is someone who makes paper.