particle board
2
3.5
- noun
- /ˈpɑrtɪkəl bɔrd/
:
tablero de partículas
- The furniture is made from particle board, which is both affordable and lightweight.
- wood for particle board
Examples
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For its walls, I took comforters from the house and particle board from the garage.
Fiction book (2001) -
Presently, there are about 50 particle-board mills and another 20 MDF plants in the United States.
Academic text (1996) -
The table is made out of a particle board, so the panel is fine.
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Actually, it was made of particle board, plastic, and paint.
Blog text (14) -
Nails and screws don't work well in particle board, after all.
Blog text (20) -
It's a particle board sandwiched between two thin layers of fiber hardboard.
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Her finger ran up the particle board wall; her chewed nail glinted with clear polish.
Fiction book (2001) -
Six years ago, when Willamette acquired an existing Eugene, Oregon, particle board plant, the mill's future appeared uncertain.
Academic text (1995) -
I would have loved to buy more well-made furniture, but we had to settle for some assembly-required particle board jobbies.
Blog text (20) -
Plywood and particle board can contain glues and binders that volatilize into toxic substances as they decompose.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
1
6.0
A hard sheet made from wood pieces pressed together with glue
1
4.1
A stiff, cheap board made from pressed wood chips used for furniture
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4.3
A flat sheet made from small pieces of wood pressed with glue
A flat panel that people make by pressing wood flakes and glue together
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Morphology
The meaning 'a board made from small particles' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'particle' (a small bit) with 'board' (a flat piece of building material). This noun compound follows regular compositional patterns in English and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The name particle board comes from how it is made: small wood pieces called particle are glued and pressed into a flat board. So the name means a board 'made from many little pieces', which is why it is cheaper and not the same as solid wood.