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hardboard

[ hahrd-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

  1. a material made from wood fibers compressed into sheets, having many household and industrial uses.


hardboard

/ ˈ³óÉ‘Ë»åËŒ²úɔ˻å /

noun

  1. a thin stiff sheet made of compressed sawdust and wood pulp bound together with plastic adhesive or resin under heat and pressure
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hardboard1

First recorded in 1925–30; hard + board
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The panels were painted in egg tempera on hardboard.

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Wrapped in aluminium foil in hardboard boxes, the bones were transported to Greece’s Demokritos research centre in Athens in the autumn.

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The backing can also be plywood or hardboard, a panel material made of wood fibers that began showing up in furniture in the 1920s.

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He would tell me to put away my notebooks and force me to hold bits of hardboard covered in Bostik and G-clamps, but my attention always drifted.

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The painted hardboard letters - thought to be a reference to the prime minister - were attached to the ancient monument's member on Monday.

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