greaseproof

grease  (grs)

n.

1. Soft or melted animal fat, especially after rendering.

2. A thick oil or viscous substance, especially when used as a lubricant.

3.

a. The oily substance present in raw wool; suint.

b. Raw wool that has not been cleansed of this oily substance.

4. Slang Something, such as money or influence, that facilitates the attainment of an object or a desire: accepted some grease to fix the outcome of the race.

tr.v. (grs, grz) greased, greas·ing, greas·es

1. To coat, smear, or soil with grease: greased the pie pan.

2. To lubricate with grease.

3. To facilitate the progress of.

4. Slang To kill. See Regional Note at greasy.

Idiom:

grease (someone's) palm/hand Slang

To bribe.

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[Middle English grese, from Anglo-Norman grece, from Vulgar Latin *crassia, from Latin crassus, fat, thick.]

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greaseless adj.

greaseproof adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

greaseproof - resistant to penetration by grease or oil or wax; "greaseproof wrapping paper" imperviable, impervious - not admitting of passage or capable of being affected; "a material impervious to water"; "someone impervious to argument"

Translations

greaseproof [ˈgriːspruːf]

A. ADJ (Brit) → a prueba de grasa, impermeable a la grasa

B. CPD greaseproof paper N → papel m encerado