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noun
A type of hardboard formed using wooden chips and blasting them into long fibers with steam and then forming them into boards.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of masonite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, uncountable
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noun
a type of fiberboard
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fiberboard, fibreboard, particle board
History
From Mason + -ite, after William H. Mason, who patented the process for making it.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
