Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun mostly British usage Same as
fiberboard .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, Canada A
material made fromwood chips orshavings , which are compressed and bonded withresin and formed into stiff sheets, often laminated withmelamine , and used in building or makingfurniture .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets
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Examples
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In a cattle shed somewhere in West Yorkshire stands a large fibreboard panel, carefully wrapped up.
Parents wanting to start 'free schools' have great hopes of the new government Fran Abrams 2010
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While some of the “digester solids” are used for animal bedding and potting soil, some labs are testing out a fibreboard product that seems to hold up as well, or even better, than its counterpart made from sawdust.
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While some of the “digester solids” are used for animal bedding and potting soil, some labs are testing out a fibreboard product that seems to hold up as well, or even better, than its counterpart made from sawdust.
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I obsessively hummed the tetris theme song, and a fibreboard table was flung.
Far away, so close da_lj 2007
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Additionally, there is widespread growing of linseed, with the oil used for paint products and a co-adhesive in popular fibreboard.
This is very worrying Richard 2007
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Additionally, there is widespread growing of linseed, with the oil used for paint products and a co-adhesive in popular fibreboard.
Archive 2007-09-01 Richard 2007
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I once flooded a newer cupboard with shelves made of fibreboard and that means disaster, since fibreboard turns to papier mache when wet.
Archive 2006-08-01 2006
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I once flooded a newer cupboard with shelves made of fibreboard and that means disaster, since fibreboard turns to papier mache when wet.
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Barney has been constructed from medium-density fibreboard, fibreglass and aluminium.
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Pity my toolbox only contains a hammer, screws, and the little keys that IKEA gives you with every piece of fibreboard.
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