groundwood

[ ground-wood ]

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

Origin of groundwood

1
First recorded in 1915–20; ground2 + wood1

Words Nearby groundwood

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How to use groundwood in a sentence

  • It was my dream to break the Skandinavian ring governing the groundwood trade of this country.

    The Man in the Twilight | Ridgwell Cullum
  • This notion was no less than to drive the Skandinavians out of the groundwood trade of this country.

    The Man in the Twilight | Ridgwell Cullum
  • I'm going to jump right into the groundwood pulp business when the time comes.

    The Man in the Twilight | Ridgwell Cullum
  • Bat Harker was unobtrusively standing amongst the piled bales of groundwood that stacked the wharf from end to end.

    The Man in the Twilight | Ridgwell Cullum
  • Its present limit is six thousand tons dry weight groundwood pulp to the week.

    The Man in the Twilight | Ridgwell Cullum