particle board

noun
any of various composition boards formed from small particles of wood, as flakes or shavings, tightly compressed and bonded together with a resin.

Origin:
1955–60

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particle board
 
n
another name for chipboard

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Particle board is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
Example sentences
Surfaces such as wallboard, sheetrock, chipboard and particle board should be
  discarded.
For example, a wooden dresser has a particle board back.
The floors are inexpensive particle board, stained dark espresso to suggest
  hardwood.
Smoking, pressed wood, and particle board have all been shown to be sources of
  formaldehyde.
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