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blockboard en · NOUN

Etymology

From block + board.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A compound wood board consisting of nearly square strips of softwood placed side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood.
   • Compartment and corridor partitions are of blockboard, with appropriate decorative veneers to suit the varied interior decoration. 1951 May, “British Railways Standard Coaches”, in Railway Magazine, pages 327-328:

Forms

Coordinates

battenboard · blockplywood · block plywood · laminboard

Relateds

chipboard · plywood

Translations (5)

de Stabplatte (composite wood board with a softwood block core and hardwood face veneer) · it paniforte (composite wood board with a softwood block core and hardwood face veneer) · de Stabsperrholz (composite wood board with a softwood block core and hardwood face veneer) · ga bloc-chlár (composite wood board with a softwood block core and hardwood face veneer) · de Tischlerplatte (composite wood board with a softwood block core and hardwood face veneer)