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construction paper

noun

  1. a heavy groundwood paper in sheets of various sizes and colors for use especially in making posters and cutouts.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of construction paper1

First recorded in 1920–25
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Example Sentences

Except these notes were on blue construction-paper hearts, and they bore bad news.

He slid his construction-paper heart through the doors and went back outside.

Taped to the front door of his quaint house was a piece of construction paper with a handwritten note.

Material—Construction paper: one 7-inch square; one rectangle 49 inches.

Select a pretty shade of brown, green or red construction paper.

Next lay the construction paper on the Japanese rice paper and trace on it the stencil design.

Again, lay the construction paper on the rice paper and glue the two together.

Remove the construction paper and, with two blending colors of crayon, color the figure or design traced on the Japanese paper.

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