Meanings
nounnewsprint (countable and uncountable, plural newsprints)
plural newsprints
- countableuncountableAn 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
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
Bulgarian вестникарска хартия
- вестникарска хартия (vestnikarska hartija)inexpensive paper used in newspapers
Chinese Mandarin 新聞紙 /新闻纸
- 新聞紙 /新闻纸 (xīnwénzhǐ)inexpensive paper used in newspapers
Dutch krantenpapier
- krantenpapierinexpensive paper used in newspapers
Finnish sanomalehtipaperi
- sanomalehtipaperiinexpensive paper used in newspapers
French papier journal
- papier journalinexpensive paper used in newspapers
German Zeitungsdruckpapier
- Zeitungsdruckpapierinexpensive paper used in newspapers
Hungarian újságpapír, újságnyomó/rotációs papír
- újságpapírinexpensive paper used in newspapers
- újságnyomó/rotációs papírinexpensive paper used in newspapers
Icelandic dagblaðapappír
- dagblaðapappírinexpensive paper used in newspapers
Japanese 新聞紙
- 新聞紙 (shinbunshi)inexpensive paper used in newspapers
Korean 신문지, 신문용지
- 신문지 (sinmunji)inexpensive paper used in newspapers
- 신문용지 (sinmunyongji)inexpensive paper used in newspapers
Norwegian Bokmål avispapir
- avispapirinexpensive paper used in newspapers
Polish gazeta, gazetówka
- gazetainexpensive paper used in newspapers
- gazetówkainexpensive paper used in newspapers
Portuguese papel de jornal
- papel de jornalinexpensive paper used in newspapers
Swedish tidningspapper
- tidningspapperinexpensive paper used in newspapers
Vietnamese giấy in báo
- giấy in báoinexpensive paper used in newspapers
Cite this entry
APA
newsprint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newsprint
MLA
“newsprint.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newsprint. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “newsprint,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newsprint.
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