construction paper

noun

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

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Imagine the totality of Twin Peaks: The Return as an enormous mosaic painting consisting of 18 individual panels; each panel is hidden by a strip of black construction paper, and the artist removes them one at a time, giving you ten minutes to study one panel before revealing the next. Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025 White construction paper and blue and black markers. Shawna Chen, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024 Cornucopia, as anyone who had to make one out of construction paper in kindergarten for Thanksgiving can tell you, is a horn of plenty. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024 To ensure the correct size, trace the bottom of a wine glass on orange construction paper and cut a circle out. Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for construction paper 

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of construction paper was in 1902

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“Construction paper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/construction%20paper. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

construction paper

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