graph paper

noun

: paper ruled for drawing graphs

Examples of graph paper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The letters from Mexico arrived on graph paper, in a tight cursive that the South African students had never seen before. — Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026

The main way MacLeod stayed afloat through tossing off all this music for free was by developing a tool on his website to generate PDFs of graph paper for free. — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026

To start our interview, Pissenem opened a graph paper notebook and drew a square. — Max Marshall, Vanity Fair, 15 July 2026

Where the most hopelessly corny sayings are painstakingly stitched into the equivalent of cloth graph paper by women who believe in the sayings and give the plaques to people who do not believe in the sayings. — Padgett Powell, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for graph paper

• newspaper
• notepaper
• sandpaper
• skyscraper
• wallpaper
• wastepaper
• caper
• raper
• scraper
• shaper
• taper
• vapor

Kids Definition

graph paper

noun

: paper ruled (as into small squares) for drawing graphs or making diagrams