kraft

noun

ˈkräft How to pronounce kraft (audio) ˈkraft How to pronounce kraft (audio)
often attributive
: a strong paper or cardboard made from wood pulp produced from wood chips boiled in an alkaline solution containing sodium sulfate

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Customers could select from flowers set out in three to four large buckets of water to create a custom flower arrangement, finished off in biodegradable kraft paper. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026 Today, various combinations are packed into cardboard spheres or cylinders—shells—along with fuses coated in a flammable slurry, then sealed inside kraft paper and shot from fibreglass mortars. — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 Laminate Unlike solid slabs or blocks, surface laminate is a covering material made up of multiple layers often consisting of kraft paper soaked in a resin, a decorative layer printed onto paper, and a protective melamine-resin topcoat. — Sheila Kim, The Spruce, 13 July 2026 White liquor is used in the kraft process—the industrial process for converting wood into pulp. — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for kraft

Word History

Etymology

German, literally, strength, from Old High German — more at craft

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of kraft was in 1906

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“Kraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kraft. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

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