construction paper

American  

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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Etymology

Origin of construction paper

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

To find out, researchers attached live mosquitoes to strips of construction paper and dangled them in front of 19 ray spiders.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 4, 2024

The prisoners create decorations for the visits, including colorful paper flowers, butterflies, family photos framed in construction paper and even the bouquet presented to Martinez by her daughter.

From Washington Times • Jun. 5, 2023

Pinocchio was as reassuring as I remembered and looked the same, save for black construction paper wedged at the bottom of his chair.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2023

But whatever media she layers into her creations, she places construction paper cut to fit the container’s shape between applications of stone, sand and soil, to keep them from seeping into one another.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2021

“We’ve used every scrap of construction paper in the whole district. And there’s no money in the budget to purchase more.”

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman