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pressboard

pressboard noun: a kind of highly sized rag paper or board, sometimes containing a small admixture of wood pulp.

Noun

pressboard (countable and uncountable, plural pressboards)

  1. A kind of highly sized rag paper or board, sometimes containing a small admixture of wood pulp.

Forms of pressboard

pluralpressboards

Origin of pressboard

From press + board, because originally used in clothing presses.

Questions about pressboard

What does pressboard mean?
Pressboard means a kind of highly sized rag paper or board, sometimes containing a small admixture of wood pulp.
What part of speech is pressboard?
Pressboard is a noun.
What is the plural of pressboard?
The plural of pressboard is pressboards.

Words near pressboard in the dictionary

  1. press-up
  2. press-ups
  3. pressable
  4. pressback
  5. pressbacks
  6. pressboard
  7. pressboards
  8. pressbox
  9. pressboxes
  10. Pressburg
  11. Pressburger

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