transfer paper
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papel transfer
- The artist used transfer paper to easily replicate her original sketch onto the canvas.
- Using transfer paper
Examples
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I made sure to flip the images to make them mirror images so that when I put the transfer paper down on the shirt it would show up the right way.
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After tracing around all the letters, remove the copy and transfer paper from the foam board.
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(My paper was smaller than my image, so I pieced it together with tape to get one large piece of transfer paper.)
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On top of that lay the transfer paper—graphite side down.
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To create a custom shirt design, place the transfer paper on the fabric and iron it to transfer the image.
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I traced the pattern onto the wood using transfer paper to ensure accurate placement of the design.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'transfer paper' is transparently built from 'transfer' (to move or convey) + 'paper' (a sheet material), so a learner can infer it is paper used for transferring something (e.g., images or designs). This noun–noun compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows straightforward English compounding, making the meaning accessible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Transfer paper comes from the simple image of a sheet that holds a picture so it can be moved to another surface: the paper keeps the design and the transfer 'moves' it onto cloth, plastic, or another page. So today transfer paper means a special sheet covered with a material that lets a design be moved from the paper onto T-shirts, fabric, or other surfaces.