pulpwood
noun
pulp·wood
ˈpəlp-ˌwu̇d 
: a wood (as of aspen, hemlock, pine, or spruce) used in making pulp for paper
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Then Mattson saw some old sticks of pulpwood in the ditch next to the road that were 10 feet long.
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Outdoor Life, 26 July 2023
He’s left a trail behind him the way pulpwood trucks belch smoke along back country roads.
—Kyle Whitmire | Kwhitmire@al.com, al, 11 July 2023
At one point there were as many as 20 sawmills in the area, and the railroad was at the center of the region’s early economy, delivering pulpwood to a paper mill near Houston.
—Andrea Salcedo, Luz Lazo and Lee Powell, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2023
The Escanaba mill has turned wood products from that environment into paper for more than a century, taking in more than 4,250 tons of pulpwood a day.
—Freep.com, 23 Apr. 2023
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Outdoor Life, 26 July 2023
He’s left a trail behind him the way pulpwood trucks belch smoke along back country roads.
—Kyle Whitmire | Kwhitmire@al.com, al, 11 July 2023
At one point there were as many as 20 sawmills in the area, and the railroad was at the center of the region’s early economy, delivering pulpwood to a paper mill near Houston.
—Andrea Salcedo, Luz Lazo and Lee Powell, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2023
The Escanaba mill has turned wood products from that environment into paper for more than a century, taking in more than 4,250 tons of pulpwood a day.
—Freep.com, 23 Apr. 2023
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pulpwood
noun
pulp·wood
ˈpəlp-ˌwu̇d
: wood (as of aspen, hemlock, pine, or spruce) used in making pulp for paper
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