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noun

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

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Origin of construction paper

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby construction paper

constructer, construction, constructional homonymity, constructionist, construction loan, construction paper, constructive, constructive dismissal, constructive interference, constructivism, constructor

How to use construction paper in a sentence

Except these notes were on blue construction-paper hearts, and they bore bad news.
Occupy Wall Street Breaks Up With Bank of America on Valentine’s Day|Josh Dzieza|February 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He slid his construction-paper heart through the doors and went back outside.
Occupy Wall Street Breaks Up With Bank of America on Valentine’s Day|Josh Dzieza|February 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Taped to the front door of his quaint house was a piece of construction paper with a handwritten note.
In Greg Mortenson's Silence, His Neighbors Defend Him, or Vilify Him|Mike Giglio|June 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Material—Construction paper: one 7-inch square; one rectangle 49 inches.
Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools|Virginia McGaw

Select a pretty shade of brown, green or red construction paper.
Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools|Virginia McGaw
Next lay the construction paper on the Japanese rice paper and trace on it the stencil design.
Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools|Virginia McGaw
Again, lay the construction paper on the rice paper and glue the two together.
Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools|Virginia McGaw
Remove the construction paper and, with two blending colors of crayon, color the figure or design traced on the Japanese paper.
Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools|Virginia McGaw