paper-thin in the PONS Dictionary

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The leaves are paper-thin and small, one measuring 40 by 31 mm (about 1 by 1 inches) and the other 35 by 30 mm.
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The last restoration required 140,000 paper-thin sheets of 23.75-carat gold leaf at a cost $500,000 (more than the initial cost of the building).
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It is an annual herb with paper-thin stems reaching 30 centimeters in maximum height.
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The resulting glass bubble has paper-thin walls and is immediately shattered into shards.
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The cover of the book is obsidian and the pages are sheets of paper-thin lead.
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Another development is the paper-thin flexible self-rechargeable battery combining a thin-film organic solar cell with an extremely thin and highly flexible lithium-polymer battery, which recharges itself when exposed to light.
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Although crash cymbals range in thickness from paper-thin to very heavy, all crash cymbals have a fairly thin edge.
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The only positive thing about it was a thirties setting and lots of great villains, but the story was paper-thin and it was uncomfortably campy.
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The design team had to replace the ferrite used in the first axis cores with metglass paper-thin ribbons of amorphous iron tape.
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The boiling stock, fragrant with spices and sauces, is poured over the noodles and vegetables, poaching the paper-thin slices of raw beef just before serving.
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