wood pulp

wood pulp
noun
wood that has been ground to a pulp; used in making cellulose products (as rayon or paper)
• Hypernyms: ↑pulp

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noun
: pulp from softwood or hardwood that is made either mechanically or by a chemical process and that is used in making paper, rayon, and other cellulose derivatives — compare groundwood, soda pulp, sulfate process, sulfite pulp

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wood reduced to pulp through mechanical and chemical treatment for use in the manufacture of certain kinds of paper.
[1865-70]

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wood pulp noun
Wood mechanically or chemically pulped for paper-making
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Main Entry: ↑wood

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wood pulp UK US noun [uncountable]
a substance made from very small pieces of crushed wood, used for making paper
Thesaurus: pieces and amounts of wood for various purposessynonym types of woodhyponym

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wood pulp,
wood made into pulp by mechanical or chemical disintegration of wood fiber, used for making paper.

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n. wood fiber reduced chemically or mechanically to pulp and used in the manufacture of paper

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ˈwood pulp [wood pulp] noun uncountable
wood that has been broken into small pieces and crushed until it is soft. It is used for making paper.

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