beaverboard
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of beaverboard
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10; formerly a trademark
Example Sentences
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But Mr. Gallo didn’t want to compete with Thurber’s simple, witty cartoons drawn on beaverboard panels.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2018
Its great administration building remained only a skeleton; its one usable building was an abandoned, half-finished hotel, which was fixed up with beaverboard partitions to accommodate classes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sanford, trying to outwit ricocheting echoes, wages continuous war with tricky acoustics; he has hung the theater with painted canvas, shellacked beaverboard, velvet draperies and soundproofed scoops and baffles.
From Time Magazine Archive
"We had to devise solutions, do a bare minimum, use the simplest materials—we built the pavilions out of beaverboard."
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead, he turned around and deliberately faced a sheet of what had once been snow-white beaverboard that was nailed uncompromisingly to the back of the door.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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