art paper

1. 1.

   a high-quality paper (usually having a filler of china clay)

   Broaderpaper

   china clay

Questions about art paper

What does art paper mean?

art paper means "a high-quality paper (usually having a filler of china clay)".

Is art paper a common word?

art paper is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.