wood pulp

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

Origin of wood pulp

First recorded in 1865–70

Crumbling It in his fingers, he decided that its material was wood-pulp.

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It is the wood-pulp industry which is at present destroying the Canadian forests.

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The power press and the manufacture of paper from wood-pulp (begun in 1854) made possible cheap and abundant reading matter.

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Take as an example the wood-pulp process for making paper from wood shavings.

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Webster's father looked over the top of the wood-pulp screen.

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wood pulp

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

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