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fiberboard

American  
[fahy-ber-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈfaɪ bərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

  1. a building material made of wood or other plant fibers compressed and cemented into rigid sheets.

  2. a sheet of this.


Etymology

Origin of fiberboard

First recorded in 1895–1900; fiber + board

Example Sentences

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Titled “Gizmo 1,” the five-foot-tall plywood and carved fiberboard tower sits in the animal pasture.

From Seattle Times

Some 7,000 acres burned by the Bootleg went through a major thinning that turned smaller trees into chips hauled to a Klamath Falls fiberboard plant and left larger trees with more space to grow.

From Seattle Times

She teaches swimming to poor children and, in her spare time, carves fingers out of fiberboard.

From New York Times

The materials are simple — plexiglass, plywood, medium-density fiberboard, Formica, nails, screws and light bulbs.

From New York Times

Mr. Ross bought mushroom spores from local farmers and coaxed them to grow into a substance he describes as akin to medium-density fiberboard.

From New York Times