pressboard
AmericanEtymology
Origin of pressboard
Example Sentences
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Finally, he gave the pressboard box a swift kick.
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The new washing machine had no drain; oak cabinets were swapped for pressboard.
From New York Times
Satisfied, he takes a sealed envelope from the black gym bag on the floor and lays it across the veneered pressboard desk, making sure it’s straight.
From Literature
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After some mingling, the crowd moved into an auditorium with long pressboard tables and the standard-issue U.N. headsets and digital clocks.
From New York Times
It’s surrounded by one of the busiest consumer retail weeks in general, as Jerrid Grimm, co-founder of the “content marketing platform” Pressboard, noted in an email.
From Newsweek
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