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fibreboard

British  
/ ˈfaɪbəˌbɔːd /

noun

  1. a building material made of compressed wood or other plant fibres, esp one in the form of a thin semirigid sheet

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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There are huge saws and drills, cutting fibreboard into precise pieces.

From BBC Nov. 7, 2022

Palm oil can be used as an adhesive that binds together the particles in fibreboard.

From The Guardian Feb. 19, 2019

Every surface is covered in a pitted mineral texture of little stalactites, CNC-milled from gypsum fibreboard, that compresses and expands as it ripples around the room, mapping the invisible mechanics of acoustic absorption and reflection.

From The Guardian Nov. 4, 2016

Over its steel framework contractors had first built a fibreboard shell, so that workmen, sheltered inside, could lay brick and pour concrete through winter weather.

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