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strawboard

[ straw-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

  1. coarse, yellow paperboard made of straw pulp, used in packing, for making boxes, etc.


strawboard

/ ˈstrɔːˌbɔːd /

noun

  1. a board made of compressed straw and adhesive, used esp in book covers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of strawboard1

First recorded in 1840–50; straw + board
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Example Sentences

Then, opening the office-door, he displayed a target of padded strawboard against the wall.

Pasteboard (strawboard or juteboard) may be used for the roof.

Barrels or boxes of wood, or strawboard lined with water-proof paper, should be used in packing for shipment.

A piece of wood can then be glued on to the strawboard along the pencil line at the back and another at the end.

The cheapest grade is the strawboard, for which there is no place in library work.

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