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groundwood

groundwood noun: wood that has been mechanically ground for pulp or direct use to produce certain kinds of paper or board; mechanical pulp.

Noun

groundwood (usually uncountable, plural groundwoods)

  1. (usually, paper industry) Wood that has been mechanically ground for pulp or direct use to produce certain kinds of paper or board; mechanical pulp.

Forms of groundwood

pluralgroundwoods

Origin of groundwood

From ground (“that has been ground”) + wood.

Questions about groundwood

What does groundwood mean?
Groundwood means wood that has been mechanically ground for pulp or direct use to produce certain kinds of paper or board; mechanical pulp.
What part of speech is groundwood?
Groundwood is a noun.
What is the plural of groundwood?
The plural of groundwood is groundwoods.

Words near groundwood in the dictionary

  1. groundwatersheds
  2. groundwave
  3. groundwaves
  4. groundway
  5. groundways
  6. groundwood
  7. groundwoods
  8. groundwork
  9. groundworker
  10. groundworkers
  11. groundworks

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