Definition of Pulpwood

1. Noun. Softwood used to make paper.

Generic synonyms: Deal, Softwood

Definition of Pulpwood

1. Noun. Soft wood used for pulping to make paper ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pulpwood

1. soft wood used in making paper [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pulpwood

pulpitical
pulpitis
pulpitish
pulpitry
pulpits
pulpitum
pulpitums
pulpless
pulplike
pulpmill
pulpmills
pulpotomies
pulpotomy
pulpous
pulps
pulpwood (current term)
pulpwoods
pulque
pulques
puls
pulsant
pulsar
pulsarlike
pulsars
pulsatance
pulsatances
pulsate
pulsated
pulsates

Literary usage of Pulpwood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. St. Mary's County by Maryland Geological Survey (1907)
"pulpwood.—Yellow poplar and scrub pine are cut extensively for the manufacture of wood pulp. The latter is used in excess of the former solely because it is ..."

2. Supplemental Digest of Decisions Under the Interstate Commerce Act by Herbert Confield Lust (1915)
"Logs for pulpwood and lumber are cut from the same tracts, the operator cutting ... The hauling to rail is done at the same time, and both pulpwood and saw ..."

3. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1908)
"SUGGESTIONS FOR THE HANDLING OF pulpwood LANDS IN EASTERN CANADA. ... The pulpwood industry in particular is peculiarly adapted to the application of ..."

4. The Forests of Maryland by Maryland State Board of Forestry, Fred Wilson Besley (1916)
"pulpwood.—While the pulpwood business ranks next in importance to that of lumber, ... Fully nine-tenths of the pulpwood is furnished by three species, ..."

5. "Forestry in New England" by Ralph Chipman Hawley, Austin Foster Hawes (1918)
"pulpwood. — A very large amount of wood is used annually for the production of ... pulpwood dealers buy either unsplit bolts by the cord, of 128 cu. ft., ..."

6. Prince George's County by Jay Allan Bonsteel, William Henry Alexander, Benjamin Le Roy Miller, Frederick Haynes Newell, Louis Agricola Bauer, Fred Wilson Besley (1911)
"pulpwood. Scrub pine, yellow poplar and rod gum, are the only species cut for pulpwood. ... The items making up the average cost of pulpwood, fob cars, ..."

7. A Handbook of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Industry ...by Canadian Pulp and Paper Association by Canadian Pulp and Paper Association (1920)
"CHAPTER VI Canada's pulpwood Resources (^^.NADA'S importance as a paper manufacturing country rests, primarily, upon the possession of immense areas of L ..."

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