Advanced Vocabulary - Office Supplies and Other Stationery

Office Supplies and Other Stationery 

binder noun

a hard cover that holds loose papers together.

blotter noun

a piece of special thick paper that you use for drying the ink when you have just finished writing with a fountain pen.

blotting paper noun

special thick paper that you use for drying the ink when you have just finished writing with a fountain pen.

bulldog clip

trademark British a small object used for keeping papers together.

business card noun

business a small card that has a person’s name on it, as well as the address, telephone number, and email address of the company that they work for.

carbon noun

a piece of carbon paper.

carbon paper noun

very thin black or blue paper that you place between two pieces of paper in order to copy your writing from the top piece onto the bottom piece.

card noun

a small piece of thick stiff paper with your name, your job, and the name of your company printed on it.

card noun

a piece of thick stiff paper on which you record information about something.

card noun

a piece of thick stiff paper with printed information on it, usually part of a set.

card catalogue noun

a card index.

card index noun

British a box of cards, each of which has different information on it, usually arranged in alphabetical order.

cartridge paper noun

British thick paper with a rough surface that you use for drawing.

clipboard noun

a small board that you can attach papers to, so that you can write on them easily while you are moving around.

compliments slip noun

business British a small piece of paper that a company sends with goods or documents to show who they are from.

correction fluid noun

a white liquid used for covering the mistakes in a piece of writing.

date stamp noun

an object used for printing the date on a document, or the date that is printed.

drawing pin noun

British a short pin with a flat top, used for fastening paper to a wall.

envelope noun

a flat paper case for a letter or document, with a part that you stick down to close it before you write an address on it and send it through the post.

eraser noun

mainly American a rubber for removing pencil or pen marks.

folder noun

a thin flat container for sheets of paper, usually consisting of a large folded piece of heavy paper.

folio noun

a loose page or sheet of paper.

graph paper noun

paper that has small squares printed on it, used for drawing graphs.

headed adjective

headed paper has the name and address of a person or organization printed at the top.

index card noun

one of a set of small cards on which you write information.

ink pad noun

a thick piece of material that contains ink, used for putting ink on a rubber stamp.

Jiffy bag

trademark British a type of thick envelope made with several soft layers to protect what is inside it.

mailer noun

mainly American a box or large envelope used for posting something.

meishi noun

a Japanese business card.

mount noun

a piece of stiff paper or card on which you fix a picture, photograph etc.

notepad noun

several sheets of paper joined together along one edge, used for writing notes.

paperclip noun

a small piece of bent wire used for holding pieces of paper together.

paperweight noun

a small heavy object that you put on top of pieces of paper to keep them in place.

parchment noun

thick pale yellow paper.

pencil sharpener noun

an object with a blade inside, used for making a pencil sharper.

Post-it

trademark a small piece of coloured paper with a sticky substance on the back that is used for writing notes and temporarily sticking them on other papers and surfaces.

ring binder noun

a hard cover with metal rings inside that pass through special holes in sheets of paper to keep them together.

rubber noun

British a small piece of rubber used for removing pencil marks from paper. The American word is eraser . 

rubber stamp noun

a small object with a piece of rubber on one end that is used for printing something on a piece of paper.

sae noun

British stamped addressed envelope, or self-addressed envelope: an envelope with your name, address, and a stamp on it that you give to someone so that they can easily send you something.

scratchpad noun

mainly American a notepad 1 .

stamp noun

a small tool with a pattern or writing on one side that you press into ink and use for printing a mark on paper.

stamped addressed envelope noun

British an sae.

staple noun

a small piece of wire that you press through pieces of paper with a small object called a stapler so that the ends of the wire bend over and fasten the pieces of paper together.

staple noun

a small piece of metal shaped like a U with pointed ends that you force into a surface to hold something in place.

stapler noun

a small object used for fastening pieces of paper with a staple.

stationery noun

pens, paper, envelopes, pencils, and other things used for writing.

stationery noun

paper used for writing letters, often with the name of a company on it, and envelopes that match.

tablet noun

American a set of sheets of paper for writing on that are fastened together at one edge.

tack noun

American a thumbtack.

thumbtack noun

American a drawing pin.

Tipp-Ex

trademark British a white liquid used for covering mistakes in something that you are writing or typing.

tracing paper noun

transparent paper through which you trace an image.

transparency noun

a sheet of plastic with writing or pictures on it that you shine light through in order to show the writing or pictures on a large screen.

window noun

a part of some envelopes that you can see through in order to read the address printed on the letter.

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