hardboard

hardboard
hardboard hard"board` n. a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin to form sheets, used in construction and various other purposes; -- called also {particle board} and {chipboard}.

Syn: chipboard. [WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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