construction paper

noun

: a thick groundwood paper available in many colors and used especially for school artwork

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For the menorah, cut flames from construction paper and glue them to the tops of the menorah candles. — Janna Oberdorf, Parents, 15 Dec. 2025 One determined boy, maybe four or five, held a piece of green construction paper with a message scrawled on the front. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 13 May 2026 Arrange groups of different leaves on a table surface under a piece of printer or construction paper. — The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2026 On the wall behind him hangs a piece of construction paper with three paint handprints on it, most likely to represent the musician, his wife and their child. — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 1 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for construction paper

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of construction paper was in 1902

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construction paper

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: a thick paper available in many colors and used especially for school art work
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