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building paper
noun
- heavy paper used especially in the construction of frame buildings to block drafts, for insulation, etc.
building paper
noun
- any of various types of heavy-duty paper that usually consist of bitumen reinforced with fibre sandwiched between two sheets of kraft paper: used in damp-proofing or as insulation between the soil and a road surface
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Word History and Origins
Origin of building paper1
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
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Example Sentences
Upon the outside of the studding tack building paper again, as shown at Fig.
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No other building paper contains so many plans, details, and specifications regularly presented as the Scientific American.
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They cost from 60 cents a hundred upward, and are much superior to building paper or newspaper wrappings.
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Whatever is used, for protection against winter winds, the boarding ought to be sheathed either with building paper or a quilting.
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It burned steadily, disclosing a little, low room, papered with heavy building paper.
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