Phrase guide

particle board

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

a structural material manufactured from wood particles (such as chips and shavings) by pressing, and binding through resin

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, Canada, US, countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chipboard

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fiberboard, fibreboard

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wallboard, drywall, dry wall

Narrower terms: Masonite

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: spånplade — structural material manufactured from wood particles
  • Dutch: spaanderplaat — structural material manufactured from wood particles
  • Dutch: spaanplaat — structural material manufactured from wood particles
  • Finnish: lastulevy — structural material manufactured from wood particles
  • German: Pressspan — structural material manufactured from wood particles
  • German: Spanplatte — structural material manufactured from wood particles
  • Hungarian: forgácslap — structural material manufactured from wood particles
  • Irish: slischlár — structural material manufactured from wood particles
  • Macedonian: иве́рица (ivérica) — structural material manufactured from wood particles
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sponplate — structural material manufactured from wood particles
  • Polish: płyta wiórowa — structural material manufactured from wood particles
  • Russian: древе́сно-стру́жечная плита́ (drevésno-strúžečnaja plitá) — structural material manufactured from wood particles
  • Russian: ДСП́ (DSṔ) — structural material manufactured from wood particles
  • Swedish: spånskiva — structural material manufactured from wood particles