NOUN
  • Definition - A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written.
  • Definition - Monumental brasses that have been reused by engraving of the blank back side.
  • Definition - Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity.
  • Definition - Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface.
  • Definition - Memory that has been erased and re-written.
  • Definition - (cultural studies) The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one.
  • Definition - Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form.
VERB
  • Definition - To scrape clean, as in parchment, for reuse.
  • Definition - On paper: to reuse, often by erasure or change of pen direction or color. Especially fueled by Earth Day.
  • Example - Typically refers to a multi-layered work, e.g.: new ads covering old on a roadside sign.
Words in your word
10 Letter Words
palimpsest 16
8 Letter Words
appliest 12 impastes 12 misspelt 12 palmiest 12 palmists 12 pastimes 12 psalmist 12 sappiest 12 septimal 12 simplest 12 stipples 12 palsiest 10
5 Letter Words
pimps 11 ample 9 appel 9 apple 9 impel 9 lamps 9 limpa 9 limps 9 maple 9 milpa 9 palms 9 palpi 9 palps 9 pepla 9 pepsi 9 pimas 9 pipal 9 pipas 9 pipes 9 pipet 9 plasm 9 psalm 9 samps 9 simps 9 spams 9 spasm 9 stamp 9 tamps 9 tempi 9 temps 9 almes 7 amies 7 amiss 7 apses 7 apsis 7 aspis 7 email 7 emits 7 items 7 lames 7 lapis 7 lapse 7 leaps 7 leapt 7 lepta 7 limas 7 limes 7 lipas 7 lisps 7 maile 7
4 Letter Words
pimp 10 amps 8 apps 8 imps 8 lamp 8 limp 8 maps 8 mips 8 palm 8 palp 8 pams 8 paps 8 peps 8 pima 8 pipa 8 pipe 8 pips 8 samp 8 simp 8 spam 8 tamp 8 temp 8 aims 6 alme 6 alms 6 alps 6 amie 6 amis 6 apes 6 apse 6 asps 6 elms 6 emit 6 isms 6 item 6 lame 6 lams 6 laps 6 leap 6 lept 6 lima 6 lime 6 lipa 6 lipe 6 lips 6 lisp 6 maes 6 mail 6 male 6 malt 6
3 Letter Words
amp 7 app 7 imp 7 map 7 pam 7 pap 7 pep 7 pip 7 aim 5 alp 5 ami 5 ape 5 apt 5 asp 5 elm 5 ems 5 ism 5 lam 5 lap 5 lip 5 mae 5 mas 5 mat 5 mel 5 mes 5 met 5 mil 5 mis 5 pal 5 pas 5 pat 5 pea 5 pes 5 pet 5 pia 5 pie 5 pis 5 pit 5 psi 5 pst 5 sap 5 sim 5 sip 5 spa 5 tam 5 tap 5 tip 5 ail 3 ais 3 ait 3
2 Letter Words
am 4 em 4 ma 4 me 4 mi 4 pa 4 pe 4 pi 4 ae 2 ai 2 al 2 as 2 at 2 el 2 es 2 et 2 is 2 it 2 la 2 li 2 si 2 ta 2 te 2 ti 2
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