"groundwood" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: groundwoods [plural]
Etymology: ground (“that has been ground”) + wood Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ground|wood|gloss1=that has been ground}} ground (“that has been ground”) + wood Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} groundwood (usually uncountable, plural groundwoods)
  1. (paper industry) Wood that has been mechanically ground for pulp or direct use to produce certain kinds of paper or board; mechanical pulp. Tags: uncountable, usually Hypernyms: pulp Hyponyms (paper industry): SGW, PGW, RMP, TMP
    Sense id: en-groundwood-en-noun-RfDB3Mfs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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