wood pulp that has been produced by grinding as opposed to chemical disintegration
groundwood in American English
(ˈɡraundˌwud)
noun
Papermaking
wood that has been ground for making into pulp
Word origin
[1915–20; ground2 + wood1]This word is first recorded in the period 1915–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: camouflage, costar, feedback, supernationalism, takeout
Examples of 'groundwood' in a sentence
groundwood
The behavior of stone groundwood / polypropylene injection-molded composites was evaluated with and without coupling agent.
Joan P. López,, José A. Méndez,, Francesc X. Espinach,, Fernando Julián,, Pere Mutjé,,Fabiola Vilaseca 2012, 'TENSILE STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS OF POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITES REINFORCED WITH STONEGROUNDWOOD FIBERS FROM SOFTWOOD', BioResourceshttp://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_07_3_3188_Lopez_Tensile_Polypropylene_Composites_Stone_Softwood/1580. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In this work, composites from polypropylene and stone groundwood fibers from softwood were prepared and mechanically characterized under tensile loads.
Joan Pere López,, Pere Mutjé,, M. Àngels Pèlach,, Nour-Eddine El Mansouri,, Sami Boufi,,Fabiola Vilaseca 2012, 'ANALYSIS OF THE TENSILE MODULUS OF POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITES REINFORCED WITH STONEGROUNDWOOD FIBERS', BioResourceshttp://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_07_1_1310_Lopez_MPEBV_Tensile_Modulus_PP_GWD_Composite/1400. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)