Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
crepe paper \crepe` pa"per\ (kr[=a]p` p[=a]"p[~e]r) Paper with a finely crinkle texture, usually sold in rolls of 2-3 inches width; crepe paper; -- it is usually colored brightly and used for decoration. Same as crepe[4].
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of crêpe paper English)
WordNet
n. paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations [syn: crepe]
Wikipedia
Crêpe paper is tissue paper that has been coated with sizing (a glue-like substance) and then creped (creased in a way similar to party streamers) to create gathers.
Usage examples of "crepe paper".
Across the room, Don Barrett was putting up an extension ladder preparatory to gilding the overhead steel beams with crepe paper.
Japanese lanterns with candles in them hung on bamboo sticks at the corners, and red crepe paper twisted in scallops from the center to the corners to give the effect of a tent.
The old crepe paper decorations and the goods in the dark, choked Tulsi Store were petty country things after the displays in the Port of Spain shops, and Savi felt pity for the people of Arwacas, who had to take them seriously.
It looked like one of the crepe paper costumes which children wear at Hallowe'en.
Pink crepe paper streamers were looped all over the ceiling, and clusters of balloons were taped on every available surface.
It was festooned with the high school's olive and gold colors in bannering crepe paper.
The three of them had been shopping, and Ellita had made curtains from red crepe paper and tacked them above the window with thumbtacks.
The girls had arranged two large crepe paper bows, and these bows had been thumbtacked to the gray walls.
There was enough red crepe paper left over for a tablecloth, and the table was set for four.
The double doors to the chapel opened, and wind whipped through the room, rattling the few strands of crepe paper that still clung to the wall to this point and knocking a couple of ornaments off the giant Christmas tree.
So the way it was, Cammy got a roll of white crepe paper from the variety store.