groundwood

[ground-wood]

noun

Papermaking.

1. wood that has been ground ground for making into pulp.

Word History and Origins

Origin of groundwood¹

First recorded in 1915–20; ground ² + wood ¹

Example Sentences

Kirsten Brassard, Gay’s publicist at Groundwood Books, said the episode sends a “hateful message” coming from a public library,

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Last month, the United States International Trade Commission voted unanimously to reverse the Commerce Department’s ill-advised decision to impose tariffs on uncoated groundwood paper from Canada.

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Newsprint used by U.S. newspapers and commercial printers consists of two-thirds of uncoated groundwood paper.

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The commission, which is an American government agency that reviews unfair trade practices, said in a statement that it “determined that a U.S. industry is not materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of imports of uncoated groundwood paper from Canada.”

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The decision by the commission deals a blow to the North Pacific Paper Company, which filed a complaint last year arguing that dumped and subsidized imports of uncoated groundwood paper from Canada were depressing prices and eroding profitability.

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