linerboard

American

[lahy-ner-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈlaɪ nərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

Or liner board

noun

a type of paperboard used especially for containers, as corrugated boxes.

Etymology

Origin of linerboard

First recorded in 1945–50; liner ² + board

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A typical cardboard box might begin as linerboard and corrugated filler at a Weyerhaeuser mill in the Pacific Northwest.

From Time Magazine Archive

Over the next two decades cardboard evolved into today's familiar sandwich, a corrugated stuffing between two layers of linerboard.

From Time Magazine Archive

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