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blockboard

blockboard noun: a compound wood board consisting of nearly square strips of softwood placed side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood.

Noun

blockboard (countable and uncountable, plural blockboards)

  1. 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 of blockboard

pluralblockboards

Origin of blockboard

From block + board.

Questions about blockboard

What does blockboard mean?
Blockboard means a compound wood board consisting of nearly square strips of softwood placed side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood.
What part of speech is blockboard?
Blockboard is a noun.
What is the plural of blockboard?
The plural of blockboard is blockboards.

Words near blockboard in the dictionary

  1. blockaders
  2. blockades
  3. blockading
  4. blockage
  5. blockages
  6. blockboard
  7. blockboards
  8. Blockburger
  9. Blockburger test
  10. blockbust
  11. blockbusted

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