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hardboard

hardboard noun: a high-density chipboard.

Noun

hardboard (countable and uncountable, plural hardboards)

  1. A high-density chipboard.
    • The compartment ceiling panels are of plastic material backed with ply or hardboard panels.1951 May, “British Railway Standard Coaches”, in Railway Magazine, page 328
    • For convenience and versatility, no mass-produced wood paneling can beat hardboard—a tough, pliable, water-resistant material made from wood fibers.1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 67
    Synonyms:
    high density fibreboard, HDF

Verb

hardboard (third-person singular simple present hardboards, present participle hardboarding, simple past and past participle hardboarded)

  1. (transitive) To cover with hardboard.

hardboard meaning in Tamil and Bengali

hardboard in Tamil

அட்டைப் பலகை, வன்றட்டு

hardboard in Bengali

হার্ডবোর্ড দিয়ে ঢেকে দেওয়া

Synonyms of hardboard

  • high density fibreboard
  • HDF

Forms of hardboard

Noun
pluralhardboards
Verb
third-person singular presenthardboards
present participlehardboarding
past participlehardboarded
pasthardboarded

Origin of hardboard

From hard + board.

Questions about hardboard

What does hardboard mean?
Hardboard means a high-density chipboard.
What is hardboard in Tamil?
Hardboard in Tamil is அட்டைப் பலகை, வன்றட்டு. See Hardboard meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hardboard?
Hardboard can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of hardboard?
The plural of hardboard is hardboards.

Words near hardboard in the dictionary

  1. hardbeam
  2. hardbeams
  3. hardbill
  4. hardbills
  5. hardbitten
  6. hardboard
  7. hardboarded
  8. hardboarding
  9. hardboards
  10. hardbodied
  11. hardbodies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hardboard (page history and authors); hardboard (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hardboard (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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