kraft

noun

ˈkräft  ˈkraft 

often attributive

: a strong paper or cardboard made from wood pulp produced from wood chips boiled in an alkaline solution containing sodium sulfate

Examples of kraft in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Customers could select from flowers set out in three to four large buckets of water to create a custom flower arrangement, finished off in biodegradable kraft paper. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026

Today, various combinations are packed into cardboard spheres or cylinders—shells—along with fuses coated in a flammable slurry, then sealed inside kraft paper and shot from fibreglass mortars. — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Laminate Unlike solid slabs or blocks, surface laminate is a covering material made up of multiple layers often consisting of kraft paper soaked in a resin, a decorative layer printed onto paper, and a protective melamine-resin topcoat. — Sheila Kim, The Spruce, 13 July 2026

White liquor is used in the kraft process—the industrial process for converting wood into pulp. — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

Word History

Etymology

German, literally, strength, from Old High German — more at craft

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for kraft

• aft
• chaffed
• craft
• daft
• draft
• draught
• graft
• graphed
• haft
• laughed
• raft
• shaft