construction paper

noun

Definition of construction paper

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

Examples of construction paper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Fold a piece of construction paper in half and fold again. — Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2021 On the wall at Westminster Neighborhood Services hangs a cartoon tree with construction paper leaves. — Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Nov. 2021 Today’s Thanksgiving – with school kids’ construction paper turkeys and narrative of camaraderie and cooperation between the colonists and Indigenous Americans – obscures the more tragic legacy of the early 17th century. — oregonlive, 25 Nov. 2021 Willson Atene remembers making feather headdresses out of construction paper at his school in San Juan County. — The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Nov. 2021 One of her earliest memories is gluing together a Nutcracker soldier hat out of black construction paper for a Christmas pageant. — Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 22 Nov. 2021 Get some colored construction paper and cut out a bunch of different colored rectangles. — Jackson Weimer, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2021 And Joe’s mind wanders to a deeply boring fantasy where Marienne is literally wearing a white dress under the library’s construction paper butterfly tree. — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2021 The Puddin’ Pop Feels like: Your brain is a gelatinous substance held together by a skull made of dollar-store construction paper. — Erica Lies, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2021

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“Construction paper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/construction%20paper. Accessed 28 Jan. 2022.

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