groundwood

noun ground·wood \ ˈgrau̇nd-ˌwu̇d \

|Updated on: 12 Jun 2018

Definition of groundwood

: wood ground up and used to make pulp for paper

Recent Examples of groundwood from the Web

In the last few months, the Commerce Department has put in place two sets of duties on producers and exporters of uncoated groundwood paper from Canada.

— samantha masunaga, latimes.com, "Canadian newsprint tariffs start to take a toll on U.S. newspaper industry," 10 May 2018
The petitions that led to the tariffs were filed in August by North Pacific Paper Co., a Longview, Wash., producer of uncoated groundwood paper — the material on which most newspapers are printed.

— samantha masunaga, latimes.com, "Canadian newsprint tariffs start to take a toll on U.S. newspaper industry," 10 May 2018

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