newsprint
pronunciation
How to pronounce newsprint in British English:
UK [ˈnju:zprɪnt]
How to pronounce newsprint in American English:
US [ˈnuzprɪnt]
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- Noun:
- cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers
Word Origin
- newsprint (n.)
- "cheap paper from pulp, used to print newspapers," 1909, from news (n.) + print.
Example
- 1. The solid tube of newsprint will burn much like a log in the fireplace .
- 2. In britain , sugar , sweets , meat and newsprint were still rationed .
- 3. But what is often overlooked is newsprint .
- 4. Prediction : there will be no significant newspapers printed on newsprint in the us by 2012 .
- 5. But like everywhere else , they will soon have to face the future : young people don 't do newsprint .