Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A construction board made by compressing fibers of wood chips usually with a binder at a high temperature.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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 andchipboard .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A high-density
chipboard .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin
Etymologies
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Examples
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If that helps but doesn't quite do it, try cutting some shims from Masonite hardboard and slip them inside the slip-on before slipping it on.
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With some hardboard, flannel, elastic and Velcro, Evil Mad Scientist has come up with a step-by-step guide to making a lap stand that will let you type away on your iPad on your couch with ease, no Steve Jobs-esque leg crossing or awkward curling up required.
DIY iPad Stands For Six Bucks Or Less | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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She was sitting at the head of a hardboard table, with a dozen or so students.
X, Chapter 3: Morowitz Benjamin Matvey 2012
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Then he cuts the ships out and mounts them on a piece of cut wood he uses specialty bases made out of hardboard, but basswood is possible, too.
Galley Warfare: A Roman Seas game at Fall In 2009 « Third Point of Singularity 2009
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In the 1930s and 40s he was the first white artist to impress his vision on its salt lakes, parched mountain ranges and gum trees, rendering them with impressionistic washes of house paint on hardboard.
This week's new exhibitions Robert Clark 2010
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If that helps but doesn't quite do it, try cutting some shims from Masonite hardboard and slip them inside the slip-on before slipping it on.
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His plastic discs, hardboard rectangles and lines sound a minimal staccato, while forest green or midnight blue spray paint swirls around in organic crescendos.
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He suppressed a chill as Miss Annabelle rose to her feet, went over to the chest across the room, and opened it, extracting a hardboard portfolio bound in pebbled cowhide leather.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Skin Deep Jerome Preisler 2010
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With some hardboard, flannel, elastic and Velcro, Evil Mad Scientist has come up with a step-by-step guide to making a lap stand that will let you type away on your iPad on your couch with ease, no Steve Jobs-esque leg crossing or awkward curling up required.
DIY iPad Stands For Six Bucks Or Less | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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The switches had been wired onto a piece of hardboard, and it looked like a do-it-yourself job.
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