"fiberboard" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fiberboards [plural], fibreboard [alternative, British, Canada]
Etymology: From fiber + board. Etymology templates: {{af|en|fiber|board}} fiber + board Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fiberboard (countable and uncountable, plural fiberboards)
  1. (American spelling) A material made from wood chips or shavings, which are compressed and bonded with resin and formed into stiff sheets, and used in building or making furniture. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Derived forms: LDF (english: low density fiberboard), MDF (english: medium density fiberboard), HDF (english: high density fiberboard) Related terms: chipboard, hardboard, particleboard, waferboard Translations (material): талашит (talašit) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kuitulevy (Finnish), spónaplata [feminine] (Icelandic), papa marariki (Maori), płyta pilśniowa [feminine] (Polish), träfiberskiva [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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