wet paper

collocation in English

meaningsofwetandpaper

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wet
adjective
uk
/wet/us
/wet/
covered in water or ...
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paper
noun
uk
/ˈpeɪ.pər/us
/ˈpeɪ.pɚ/
thin, flat material made from crushed wood or cloth, used for writing, printing, or ...
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(Definition ofwetandpaperfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwet paper

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The contact between the retina and the indifferent electrode was closed with strips ofwetpaper.
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Go to the bathroom takewetpapertowels, you can (-) a paper (-).
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Seeds were placed betweenwetpapertoweling in plastic containers and maintained in the dark.
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In the forming section, raw materials are combined to form awetpapermixture.
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The seeds were germinated by wrapping them in awetpapertowel which was exposed to ethylene gas.
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Its so-called head of fraud investigations could not have fought his way out of awetpaperbag.
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The claim was essentially truthful because his pen wrote successfully onwetpaper.
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This can be obtained by pressingwetpaperto the rock face.
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Wetpapertowels are used to prevent the bread from drying out.
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With the negative in his enlarger, the artist developed large sheets selectively, pouring on photographic solutions and repeatedly creasing and folding thewetpaper.
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Germination is initiated by soaking seeds either betweenwetpapertowels, in a cup of water at room temperature, in wet peat pellets, or directly in potting soil.
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Because the raised letters were made in a complex artisanal process usingwetpaperpressed against copper wire, the children could not hope to write by themselves.
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