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masonite

masonite noun: a type of hardboard formed using wooden chips and blasting them into long fibers with steam and then forming them into boards.

Noun (1)

masonite (uncountable)

  1. A type of hardboard formed using wooden chips and blasting them into long fibers with steam and then forming them into boards.
    • All recently-constructed coaches have varnished masonite panelling.1952 May, “The Why and the Wherefore: Locomotive and Coach Livery , G.N.R. (I.)”, in Railway Magazine, page 358
    • Earl discovered a broken pane, an “escape exit,”, and they covered it with a splitting piece of Masonite.1975, Larry Woiwode, Beyond the Bedroom Wall, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, page 385

Noun (2) capitalized: Masonite

Masonite (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of masonite.

Forms of masonite

alternative formMasonite

Origin of masonite

From Mason + -ite, after William H. Mason, who patented the process for making it.

Questions about masonite

What does masonite mean?
Masonite means a type of hardboard formed using wooden chips and blasting them into long fibers with steam and then forming them into boards.
What part of speech is masonite?
Masonite is a noun.

Words near masonite in the dictionary

  1. masonhood
  2. masonic
  3. masonically
  4. masoning
  5. Masonism
  6. masonite
  7. masonjoany
  8. masonried
  9. masonries
  10. masonry
  11. masonry cement

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