masonite

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noun

A type of hardboard formed using wooden chips and blasting them into long fibers with steam and then forming them into boards.

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Meanings

masonite1

nounmasonite (uncountable)

alternative Masonite

  1. uncountableA 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
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    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

    "Wobbling" is shaking a warped Masonite board to produce bizarre rhythmic sounds.

    1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 138

Masonite2

nounMasonite (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAlternative letter-case form of masonite.

Origin

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

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Translations

Danish masonit
  • masonita type of hardboard
German Masonit
  • Masonita type of hardboard
Polish masonit
  • masonita type of hardboard
Russian масони́т
  • масони́т (masonít)a type of hardboard
Swedish masonit
  • masonita type of hardboard

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

masonite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/masonite

MLA

“masonite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/masonite. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “masonite,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/masonite.

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