mat board
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- noun
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cartón para enmarcar
- Make sure to get acid-free or archival mat board to protect the artwork from deterioration.
- a piece of mat board
- a strip of mat board
- quality mat board
Examples
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Prints should be shipped between two sheets of heavy mat board.
Academic text (1995) -
I talked to the guys at the frame store for ideas and suggestions and chose to have them cut a piece of mat board to fit the frame.
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I tacked in several places, then held up the mat board vertically to see if the clothing was attached firmly enough.
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I laid the piece of clothing on the mat board and arranged it. Then, from underneath, using a sharp needle and sturdy thread, I brought the needle up through the shoulder area, then back down in a very small stitch.
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Photos and prints are typically mounted within a broad mat board window that highlights the artwork.
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To protect their finished pictures, many pastelists simply mat them with a thick mat board and frame them under glass.
Synonyms
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A piece of thick paper or board placed around a picture inside a frame to improve its look
A stiff, thick paper used for making covers or mounting pictures
How Thick
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun compound is fully compositional: combining 'mat' (bordering material inside a picture frame) with 'board' (a flat piece of material) yields a board used as or for a mat to mount/support artwork. This follows common English compounding patterns and is likely immediately inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The noun mat board comes from the two words mat and board. A mat is a flat border that sits around a picture and a board is a stiff piece of material, so a mat board is a firm board with a cut-out window that 'frames' and 'supports' artwork, which is why it means 'a stiff, flat board used to mount or frame artwork'.