Fiberboard (Noun)
Meaning
Wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The drywall contractors opted for a cheaper alternative and used fiberboard instead of gypsum wallboard for the entire interior of the building.
- She struggled to drive a screw into the dense fiberboard used in her shed's interior walls.
- When I took the plaster off, I discovered a large hole in the underlying fiberboard, which required extra attention to repair.
- Wood fiberboard has a higher insulating value and is more eco-friendly than traditional wallboard materials, so we used it throughout the sustainable house we built.
- Manufacturers use wood residue to create the core of the medium-density fiberboard used in many furniture products, reducing waste in their manufacturing processes.