Meaning & use
newsprint
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Meanings
noununcountable
Cheap, thin paper made from wood pulp, used mainly for printing newspapers.
Grammar: Uncountable: a roll of newsprint, not a newsprint.
Patterns
- a roll of newsprint
The printing press consumed tons of newsprint every night.
She wrapped the fragile plates in sheets of newsprint.
Newsprint turns yellow and brittle after a few years.
noununcountablefigurative
Printed newspapers considered as a medium for delivering the news.
Grammar: Uncountable and a little literary: news in newsprint.
Her scandal filled acres of newsprint.
His fingers were black with newsprint after reading the paper.
The story never made it into newsprint.
Common combinations
- roll of newsprint
- A roll of newsprint weighs more than a car tire.
- price of newsprint
- The price of newsprint rose sharply last year.
- newsprint mill
- The old newsprint mill closed in 2010.
- wrapped in newsprint
- The fish was wrapped in newsprint.
- acres of newsprint
- The trial generated acres of newsprint.
Synonyms and how they differ
- newspaper
- A newspaper is the finished publication, while newsprint is only the paper it is printed on.
- pulp paper
- This is a general term for low-grade paper, whereas newsprint is specifically made for newspapers.
- the press
- The press describes journalism as an institution, not the paper material.
Word family
Commonly confused: newsprint or newspaper?
newsprint vs newspaper
Newsprint is the material; a newspaper is what you read.
Practice
Which sentence uses newsprint correctly?
Choose one answer.
Newsprint is paper material, so it can be bought in rolls. The other options treat it as a publication.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “newsprint”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.