Meanings
plural hardboards
- countableuncountableA 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 3281 more example
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 67Synonyms: high density fibreboard, HDF
present singular third person hardboards · participle present hardboarding · participle past hardboarded · past hardboarded
- transitiveTo cover with hardboard.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA high-density chipboard.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian талашит
- талашит (talašit)high-density chipboard
Finnish kovalevy
- kovalevyhigh-density chipboard
French aggloméré
- aggloméréhigh-density chipboard
Hungarian farostlemez
- farostlemezhigh-density chipboard
Irish crua-chlár
- crua-chlárhigh-density chipboard
Italian faesite
- faesitehigh-density chipboard
Māori papamārō
- papamārōhigh-density chipboard
Polish płyta HDF, płyta pilśniowa twarda
- płyta HDFhigh-density chipboard
- płyta pilśniowa twardahigh-density chipboard
Russian древе́сно-волокни́стая плита́, ДВП
- древе́сно-волокни́стая плита́ (drevésno-voloknístaja plitá)high-density chipboard
- ДВП (DVP)high-density chipboard
- оргали́т (orgalít)high-density chipboard
Swedish HDF(-skiva), masonit
- HDF(-skiva)high-density chipboard
- masonithigh-density chipboard
Cite this entry
hardboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hardboard
“hardboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hardboard. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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