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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 • Aug. 29, 2023

The exhibition’s sleek pink fiberboard platforms would make the pieces “capital-A art.”

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022

As a piece of furniture, Ira becomes a 68-inch-tall, 60-inch-wide white shelf — it’s an inverted pyramid with four ledges and a brick-red sun detail at the top, made of medium-density fiberboard and aluminum laminate.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2022

Fully Jarvis EcoTop Standing Desk $484 $569 15% off As the name suggests the EcoTop standing desk uses a topper that's made out of medium-density fiberboard that's 92-percent recycled or recovered.

From The Verge • Mar. 2, 2022

The ceiling had two fiberboard panels missing, exposing the electrical wires.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez