newsprint en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From news + print.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An inexpensive paper used for printing newspapers.
The journalism trade publication Editor and Publisher announced in the spring of 1954 that more newsprint had been generated about Jorgensen during the previous year than about any other individual—over a million and a half words, the rough equivalent of fifteen full-length books.
2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 73:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| newsprints | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (22)
nb avispapir (inexpensive paper used in newspapers) · is dagblaðapappír (inexpensive paper used in newspapers) · ja 新聞紙 (inexpensive paper used in newspapers) · hu újságpapír (inexpensive paper used in newspapers) · fr papier journal (inexpensive paper used in newspapers) · nn avispapir (inexpensive paper used in newspapers) · hu újságnyomó/rotációs papír (inexpensive paper used in newspapers) · rsk новински папер (inexpensive paper used in newspapers) · az qəzet kağızı (inexpensive paper used in newspapers) · ko 신문지 (inexpensive paper used in newspapers) · ko 신문용지 (inexpensive paper used in newspapers) · bg вестникарска хартия (inexpensive paper used in newspapers) · my သတင်းစာစက္ကူ (inexpensive paper used in newspapers) · vi giấy in báo (inexpensive paper used in newspapers) · fi sanomalehtipaperi (inexpensive paper used in newspapers) · pt papel de jornal (inexpensive paper used in newspapers) · pl gazeta (inexpensive paper used in newspapers) · pl gazetówka (inexpensive paper used in newspapers) · de Zeitungsdruckpapier (inexpensive paper used in newspapers) · nl krantenpapier (inexpensive paper used in newspapers) · cmn 新聞紙 /新闻纸 (inexpensive paper used in newspapers) · sv tidningspapper (inexpensive paper used in newspapers)