Flashcards: Stationery

A blackboard (also known as a chalkboard) is a reusable writing surface on which text or drawings are made with sticks of calcium sulfate or calcium carbonate, known, when used for this purpose, as chalk.

A pair of compasses, also known simply as a compass, is a technical drawing instrument that can be used for inscribing circles or arcs.

A fountain pen is a nib pen that, unlike its predecessor, the dip pen, contains an internal reservoir of liquid ink.

A pencil is a writing implement or art medium constructed of a narrow, solid pigment core inside a protective casing which prevents the core from being broken or leaving marks on the user’s hand during use.

A visiting card, also known as a calling card, is a small paper card with one's name printed on it, and often bearing an artistic design.

In stationery, a diary (UK English) or appointment book (US English) is a small book containing a main diary section with a space for each day of the year with room for notes, a calendar, and usually various pages at the beginning and end containing various pieces of reference information, which may include maps and telephone codes, and pages for a short address book at the end.

Adhesive tape refers to any one of a variety of combinations of a backing materials coated with an adhesive.

Many paper size standards conventions have existed at different times and in different countries.

A watermark is an identifying image or pattern in paper that appears as various shades of lightness/darkness when viewed by transmitted light (or when viewed by reflected light, atop a dark background), caused by thickness or density variations in the paper.

A stylus, plural styli or styluses, is a writing utensil, or a small tool for some other form of marking or shaping, for example in pottery.

A label (as distinct from signage) is a piece of paper, polymer, cloth, metal, or other material affixed to a container or product, on which is written or printed information about the product.

Blotting paper, sometimes called bibulous paper, is a highly absorbent type of paper or other material.

The New Zealand standard for school stationery (known formally as NZS 8132:1984 - Specification for school stationery) was established in 1984 by the 'Standards Association Ltd', New Zealand's national standards body.

Durable is a German company selling stationery products.