Make Paper From Plants Connect with an age-old process and the life cycle of plants to make fragrant, textured paper. See the photos on this page for step-by-step guidance in the papermaking process. By Kristi Quillen June/July 2017 Many of us are conscious of ways we can use resources sustainably, create things ourselves, and value the objects in our lives by making them with our own hands. But we don’t necessarily think of the paper we use on a daily basis and the huge amounts of energy and water consumed by commercial paper mills. When you make paper by hand with plant fibers from your own backyard, you’ll participate in a long-practiced art and connect with plants around you — just as you grow your own bright, oddly shaped tomatoes and make rich, flavorful sauce from them, savoring every drop. Tear a piece of commercial, bleach-white paper. It’ll tear easily. The fibers, the stuff from which it’s made, w...
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Homonyms are two words that are spelled the same and sound the same but have different meanings. The word "homonym" comes from the prefix " homo- ," which means the same, and the suffix "-nym," which means name. Therefore, a homonym is a word that has the same name as another word, meaning that the two words look and sound exactly alike. A simple example of a homonym is the word " pen ." This can mean both "a holding area for animals" and "a writing instrument." Another example is " book ," which can mean "something to read" or "the act of making a reservation." In both cases, the sound and spelling are the same, and only the definition changes. View & Download PDF Homonym Examples Here are 30 more examples of homonym pairs. Note that some homonyms have more than two meanings (for example, tender can also mean sensitive, easily chewed, or even refer to chicken strips...