fibreboard

British

/ ˈfaɪbəˌbɔːd /

noun

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

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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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