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boxboard

American

[boks-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈbɒksˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

cardboard used for making cartons.

boxboard British

/ ˈbɒksˌbɔːd /

noun

a tough paperboard made from wood and wastepaper pulp: used for making boxes, etc

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Etymology

Origin of boxboard

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; box ¹ + board

Example Sentences

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Schoo was the founder and president of a boxboard manufacturing company in Springfield, Massachusetts.

From Golf Digest • Oct. 16, 2013

The boxboard industry's chief raw material is wastepaper�old newspapers, discarded wrappings, magazines.

From Time Magazine Archive

Container Corp. is dominant in containers, has boxboard mills with a capacity of 1,200 tons per day.

From Time Magazine Archive

With a squint at the Government's aluminum drive troubles and a hard look at the looming shortage in paper pulp, the U.S. boxboard industry last week was busy with its own drive.

From Time Magazine Archive

Our manufacturers make and use more than two hundred and seventy-five different kinds of paper, including newsprint, boxboard, building papers, book papers and many kinds of specialty papers.

From The School Book of Forestry by Pack, Charles Lathrop

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