Wiktionary
n. A kind of kraft paper, originally sold to butchers for wrapping meat and fish, and now used for arts and crafts in primary education.
WordNet
n. a strong wrapping paper that resists penetration by blood or meat fluids
Wikipedia
Butcher paper is a kraft paper. Originally sold to butchers for the purpose of wrapping meat and fish, butcher paper is now used for a wide variety of purposes, notably in primary education where it is used for arts and crafts, such as hanging artwork. Many high schools use butcher paper for posters of clubs, and upcoming events. It is a cheap but sturdy paper that is sold in large rolls. Butcher paper is usually white or reddish in colour, made from kraft pulp and is generally considered to have a density of between 30 lb/3000 sq ft (45 g/m²) and 50 lb/3000 sq ft (81 g/m²).
Moving companies use butchers paper to pack china, glass, and other fragile items for safe transport. The use of printed paper, such as newspaper, could transfer ink onto the packaged item causing damage.
Usage examples of "butcher paper".
My two notebooks are wrapped in the big farewell card Fastinaux drew for me on butcher paper.
I was telling this young scientist how we obtained yards of butcher paper, then each of us worked three days, independently, solved the problem and checked each other- then the answer disappeared into one line of one paragraph (SPACE CADET) but the effort had been worthwhile as it controlled what I could do dramatically in that sequence.
I was telling this young scientist how we obtained yards of butcher paper, then each of us worked three days, independently, solved the problem and checked each other - then the answer disappeared into one line of one paragraph (SPACE CADET) but the effort had been worthwhile as it controlled what I could do dramatically in that sequence.
He pasted a piece of butcher paper on the wall of the small bedroom and drew a map of the cave as he remembered it.
I knew it was the day he'd sat in our family room while my mother drew stick figures on butcher paper and Buckley and Nate slept toe to toe on the couch.
A package wrapped in butcher paper had been wedged inside the box.
A UPS driver in a summer uniform stood on the porch, holding a box wrapped in butcher paper.
Layered within were parcels wrapped in butcher paper and preserved by dry ice.
Not wishing to stink up his garbage can with the innards, he wrapped them in butcher paper and carried it across the backyard, through the hedge, to the well-manicured property of his neighbors, the Clarks, where he dumped the whole mess in the goldfish pond.
Alex glanced over her shoulder at the children, still seated at the table, absorbed in coloring with crayons on big sheets of butcher paper.
On top of the open rolltop desk, next to a dusty pile of old western paperbacks, was a small box still half-wrapped in the brown butcher paper in which it had been delivered.
The venison steak, neatly wrapped in white butcher paper, was gone without a trace.
Drops of rain spattered down harder and speckled the red butcher paper with dark wet spots.
Someone ran out with a roll of red butcher paper and laid it out like a red carpet leading right into the middle of the field.
He showed Harry the tip of the sandwich, wrapped in the thick brown butcher paper, protruding from the pocket of his old coat.