particle board

noun

A structural material manufactured from wood particles (such as chips and shavings) by pressing, and binding through resin.

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chipboardfiberboardfibreboard
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Meanings

nounparticle board (countable and uncountable, plural particle boards)

plural particle boards · alternative particle-board

  1. AustraliaCanadaNew ZealandUScountableuncountableA structural material manufactured from wood particles (such as chips and shavings) by pressing, and binding through resin.

    Synonyms: chipboard

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA structural material manufactured from wood particles (such as chips and shavings) by pressing, and binding through resin.

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chipboard

More synonyms by meaning

nounwallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets

Similar
fiberboardfibreboard
Broader
wallboarddrywalldry wall
Also see
chipboardfiberboardfibreboard

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Danish spånplade
  • spånpladestructural material manufactured from wood particles
Dutch spaanderplaat, spaanplaat
  • spaanderplaatstructural material manufactured from wood particles
  • spaanplaatstructural material manufactured from wood particles
Finnish lastulevy
  • lastulevystructural material manufactured from wood particles
German Pressspan, Spanplatte
  • Pressspanstructural material manufactured from wood particles
  • Spanplattestructural material manufactured from wood particles
Hungarian forgácslap
  • forgácslapstructural material manufactured from wood particles
Irish slischlár
  • slischlárstructural material manufactured from wood particles
Norwegian Bokmål sponplate
  • sponplatestructural material manufactured from wood particles
Polish płyta wiórowa
  • płyta wiórowastructural material manufactured from wood particles
Russian древе́сно-стру́жечная плита́, ДСП́
  • древе́сно-стру́жечная плита́ (drevésno-strúžečnaja plitá)structural material manufactured from wood particles
  • ДСП́ (DSṔ)structural material manufactured from wood particles
Swedish spånskiva
  • spånskivastructural material manufactured from wood particles
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particle board. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/particle%20board

MLA

“particle board.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/particle%20board. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “particle board,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/particle%20board.

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