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chipboard

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: CH IH1 P B AO2 R D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A building material made from wood chips compressed and bound with synthetic resin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, UK, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: particle board

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hardboard

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: board, plank

History

Etymology

From chip + board.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: талашит (talašit) — A material made from compressed wood chips
  • Dutch: spaanplaat — A material made from compressed wood chips
  • Finnish: lastulevy — A material made from compressed wood chips
  • French: aggloméré — A material made from compressed wood chips
  • German: Spanplatte — A material made from compressed wood chips
  • Irish: slischlár — A material made from compressed wood chips
  • Macedonian: иве́рица (ivérica) — A material made from compressed wood chips
  • Māori: papa maramara — A material made from compressed wood chips
  • Polish: płyta wiórowa — A material made from compressed wood chips
  • Romanian: placă aglomerată — A material made from compressed wood chips
  • Russian: древесно-стружечная плита́ (drevesno-stružečnaja plitá) — A material made from compressed wood chips
  • Russian: ДСП (DSP) — A material made from compressed wood chips