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

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

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This notion was no less than to drive the Skandinavians out of the groundwood trade of this country.

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I'm going to jump right into the groundwood pulp business when the time comes.

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Bat Harker was unobtrusively standing amongst the piled bales of groundwood that stacked the wharf from end to end.

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Its present limit is six thousand tons dry weight groundwood pulp to the week.

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