Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A coarse yellow cardboard made of straw pulp.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A thick and coarse hard-rolled fabric of yellow paper or cardboard made of straw: largely used by makers of cheap paper boxes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Pasteboard made of pulp of straw.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A form of
cardboard , usually yellow, made fromstraw
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a coarse yellow cardboard made of straw pulp
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Examples
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The latter is sometimes called strawboard, because it is made from wheat straw, and where it is manufactured, uses a large amount of straw that would otherwise be wasted, but the great wheat fields of the West still have immense quantities of unused straw, which, if made into strawboard, would not only bring more prosperity to that region but would lessen the drain on the forests.
Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation Mary Huston Gregory
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I’ve heard strawboard is a bit different and s often treated to deal with mositure issues.
PREFAB FRIDAY: Straw Bale Meets Factory Built in Switzerland | Inhabitat 2008
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Time magazine reporter Lansing Lamont, in his 1965 book Day of Trinity related that Kodak officials traced the imperfections to radioactive cerium in strawboard -- from Trinity -- produced with river water from Indiana, over 1,000 miles from the Trinity site.
Samuel S. Epstein: Reflecting on the 65th Anniversary of the First A-Bomb 2010
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Time magazine reporter Lansing Lamont, in his 1965 book Day of Trinity related that Kodak officials traced the imperfections to radioactive cerium in strawboard -- from Trinity -- produced with river water from Indiana, over 1,000 miles from the Trinity site.
Samuel S. Epstein: Reflecting on the 65th Anniversary of the First A-Bomb 2010
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Designed by Zurich-based architect Felix Jerusalem, this home masterfully combines prefab with sustainable materials, primarily prefabricated strawboard panels that provide affordable, environmentally sound insulation.
PREFAB FRIDAY: Straw Bale Meets Factory Built in Switzerland | Inhabitat 2008
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Jerusalem exploits the strawboard with translucent siding giving the structure a clean, modern aesthetic that showcases the material.
PREFAB FRIDAY: Straw Bale Meets Factory Built in Switzerland | Inhabitat 2008
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Recyclable fiberglass ceiling tiles, wall coverings, CRI (Carpet and Rug Institute) certified carpet padding, strawboard sub-flooring, FSC wood floors, low-E glazed windows, Caesarstone countertops, the list goes on.
Jennifer Schwab: City Center: Green Isn't Supposed To Be This Gorgeous 2010
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Jerusalem used three variations of the strawboard throughout the design.
PREFAB FRIDAY: Straw Bale Meets Factory Built in Switzerland | Inhabitat 2008
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Women and children stood in the dooryards watching the fire that was cutting through the thin-walled buildings on that side of the square -- the hotel side -- as if they were strawboard boxes.
Trail's End George W. Ogden
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The strawboard also takes the place of wood-pulp for smaller paper boxes.
Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation Mary Huston Gregory
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