wood pulp

American  

noun

1. wood reduced to pulp through mechanical and chemical treatment for use in the manufacture of certain kinds of paper.

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wood pulp British  

noun

1. wood that has been ground to a fine pulp for use in making newsprint and other cheap forms of paper, and in the production of hardboard

2. finely pulped wood that has been digested by a chemical, such as caustic soda, and sometimes bleached: used in making paper

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Etymology

Origin of wood pulp

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

Paper mills rely on it to whiten wood pulp.

From Salon

Food counterfeiting also happens in the US – in some cases, cheap and even dangerous ingredients are being used to produce “fake” versions of expensive cheese, such as parmesan made using additives derived from wood pulp.

From BBC

A glut of long-range goals in this summer's European Championship turned attention on the ball, with suggestions that something about Adidas' creation – which contained sugar cane and wood pulp – favoured strikers more than goalkeepers.

From BBC

Chemically processed wood pulp, for example, can be used to create flavor molecules that are chemically identical to those in vanilla.

From Salon

This pulp can then replace the corresponding wood pulp used in today's viscose process.

From Science Daily