pulpwood

[ puhlp-wood ]
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noun
  1. spruce or other soft wood suitable for making paper.

Origin of pulpwood

1
First recorded in 1885–90; pulp + wood1

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How to use pulpwood in a sentence

  • Now we're looking about for somebody to supply us spruce cut to the proper length for pulpwood.

    Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington Kelland
  • Then my profit on twenty-five thousand cords of pulpwood—which is goin' to be paid, I jedge.

    Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington Kelland
  • The pulpwood mounds down in the flats make a nice fire, but they smoke and leave black ashes, easy to see from the sky.

    The Martian Cabal | Roman Frederick Starzl
  • As a pulpwood, white spruce is in demand wherever it is available.

    American Forest Trees | Henry H. Gibson
  • Hemlock is now of considerable importance as pulpwood for making paper.

    The School Book of Forestry | Charles Lathrop Pack

British Dictionary definitions for pulpwood

pulpwood

/ (ˈpʌlpˌwʊd) /


noun
  1. pine, spruce, or any other soft wood used to make paper

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