hardboard

English

Etymology

hard +‎ board

Noun

hardboard (countable and uncountable, plural hardboards)

1. A high-density chipboard.
   • 1951 May, “British Railway Standard Coaches”, in Railway Magazine, page 328:

     The compartment ceiling panels are of plastic material backed with ply or hardboard panels.

   • 1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 67:

     For convenience and versatility, no mass-produced wood paneling can beat hardboard—a tough, pliable, water-resistant material made from wood fibers.

Synonyms

• high density fibreboard, HDF

Translations

high-density chipboard

• Bulgarian: талашит m (talašit)
• Finnish: kovalevy (fi)
• French: aggloméré (fr) m
• Hungarian: farostlemez (hu)
• Irish: crua-chlár m
• Italian: faesite (it) f
• Maori: papamārō
• Russian: древе́сно-волокни́стая плита́ f (drevésno-voloknístaja plitá), ДВП (ru) f (DVP), оргали́т (ru) m (orgalít)

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To cover with hardboard.