1. wood that has been ground into pulp by mechanical means, used in the manufacture of paper.
Usage: technical; also called mechanical pulp

Examples

• Groundwood is commonly used in the production of newsprint and low-cost papers.
• The paper mill processes logs into groundwood for daily newspaper production.
• Groundwood pulp is less expensive than chemical pulp but has lower durability.
• Many magazines and paperback books are printed on paper containing groundwood.
• The quality of groundwood paper degrades more quickly than papers made from chemical pulp.