wood pulp

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [woo d puhlp]
- /wʊd pʌlp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [woo d puhlp]
- /wʊd pʌlp/

Definitions of wood pulp words

noun wood pulp wood reduced to pulp through mechanical and chemical treatment for use in the manufacture of certain kinds of paper. 1
uncountable noun wood pulp Wood pulp is wood that has been cut up into small pieces and crushed. Wood pulp is used to make paper. 0
noun wood pulp wood that has been ground to a fine pulp for use in making newsprint and other cheap forms of paper, and in the production of hardboard 0
noun wood pulp finely pulped wood that has been digested by a chemical, such as caustic soda, and sometimes bleached: used in making paper 0
noun wood pulp pulp made from wood fiber, used as in paper manufacture 0

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Origin of wood pulp

First appearance:

before 1865

One of the 28% newest English words

First recorded in 1865-70

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Parts of speech for Wood pulp

noun

adjective

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adverb

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exclamation

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wood pulp popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 61% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

wood pulp usage trend in Literature

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