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particle board

noun

  1. any of various composition boards formed from small particles of wood, as flakes or shavings, tightly compressed and bonded together with a resin.


particle board

noun

  1. another name for chipboard
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of particle board1

First recorded in 1955–60
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On April 11, a small company called Graphyte began pumping out beige bricks, somewhat the consistency of particle board, from its new plant in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

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About two weeks after Gannon disappeared, searchers found a piece of particle board with Gannon’s blood on it in a rural area nearby.

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Hapsburg stained glass is sandwiched between particle board, and Soviet mosaics are overlaid with plywood.

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Most people are exposed to formaldehyde in airborne emissions from the glue in treated plywood and particle board used in buildings.

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Its facade is now pockmarked with broken windows and particle board patches that prove futile at keeping out birds and visitors.

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