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NEWSPRINT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does newsprint mean?
• NEWSPRINT (noun)
The noun NEWSPRINT has 1 sense:
1. cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers
Familiarity information: NEWSPRINT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
newspaper; newsprint
Context example:
they used bales of newspaper every day
Hypernyms ("newsprint" is a kind of...):
paper (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses)
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