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papermaking

American  
[pay-per-mayk-ing] / ˈpeɪ pərˌmeɪk ɪŋ /

noun

  1. the craft, industry, or process of creating paper.


adjective

  1. relating to or used in the craft, industry, or process of creating paper.

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While on shift at the papermaking company, they would respond to neighbouring Overton Fire Station for call-outs.

From BBC • May 31, 2025

French for “chewed paper,” papier-mâché has gone by many names in many cultures dating back to the advent of papermaking in China in A.D.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2024

"How do you make the polymer substitute film in a continuous process that is rapid enough to make it in large enough amounts -- like papermaking?"

From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2023

“Sanitary-type paper is in constant growth,” says Burak Aksoy, a research professor who studies new papermaking technologies at Auburn University’s Forest Products Development Center.

From Slate • Aug. 29, 2023

They represent one esthetic advance in papermaking since the earliest days in that they are not all dead white.

From The Booklover and His Books by Koopman, Harry Lyman

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