pulpwood
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- noun
- /ˈpʌlpˌwʊd/
- Specialized
:
madera de pulpa
- Pulpwood accounts for more than a quarter of industrial wood consumption.
- pulpwood plantation
Examples
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The proportions of pulpwood, chip-and-saw timber, and sawtimber to the total yield were also determined.
Academic text (2017) -
In the 1920s, it was converted to a barge and started hauling pulpwood out of Port Arthur, Ontario, now part of Thunder Bay.
Blog text (26) -
The rest of it might go a little bit for pulpwood.
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Industry in the interior consists mostly of plants that process agricultural products such as sugarcane, pulpwood, and wine grapes.
Academic text (2000) -
The POWs harvested cotton, tomato, and peanut crops, and they worked in numerous industries, including pulpwood and lumber.
Academic text (2008) -
Per capita, U.S. residents consume 33 times more aluminum, 183 times more natural gas, and 385 times more pulpwood than Indians.
Academic text (1995) -
Thirty-three potential pulpwood plantation concessions of 300,000 hectares each (a total area larger than Portugal) had been identified by 1993.
Academic text (1999) -
The remainder mostly consists of pulpwood trees, largely plantation-grown softwoods planted in orderly rows and mechanically harvested as a 20-year rotation crop.
Academic text (1992) -
The company specializes in harvesting pulpwood for the paper industry.
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Due to rising demand, the price of pulpwood has increased significantly this year.
Synonyms
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The hard material from trees used for building and as fuel
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Wood from trees like pine and fir that is softer and easy to cut
How Processed
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Morphology
Etymology
The word pulpwood is made from pulp and wood. The pulp part means 'soft, wet mass' like the inside of a fruit, so pulpwood is simply wood used to make that soft material for paper.