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noun
A material made from wood chips or shavings, which are compressed and bonded with resin and formed into stiff sheets, and used in building or making furniture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: fibreboard, particle board
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wallboard, drywall, dry wall
Narrower terms: Masonite
History
From fiber + board.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
