a building material consisting of wood or other vegetable fibers compressed into stiff sheets
2.
a sheet of this material
fiberboard in American English
(ˈfaibərˌbɔrd, -ˌbourd)
noun
1.
a building material made of wood or other plant fibers compressed and cemented into rigid sheets
2.
a sheet of this
Word origin
[1895–1900; fiber + board]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: calling card, cutback, flamenco, hit-and-run, slapstick
Examples of 'fiberboard' in a sentence
fiberboard
It has been used in many countries to replace wood for paper, particleboard, and fiberboard.
Yang Zhang, Rui Yang, Yan Wu, Siqun Wang, Cong Liu, Xiaoxian Zhong, Juanzi Wu 2015, 'Effect of Growth Period on Cell Wall Mechanical Properties of Elephant Grass', BioResourceshttp://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_10_3_4252_Zhang_Growth_Period_Cell_Wall_Elephant_Grass. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This review focuses on laccase-mediated fiberboard synthesis.
Mohammed Nasir, Rokiah Hashim, Othman Sulaiman, Noor Afeefah Nordin, Junidah Lamaming,Mohd Asim 2015, 'Laccase, an Emerging Tool to Fabricate Green Composites: A Review', BioResourceshttp://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_10_3_Review_Nasir_Laccase_Fabricate_Green_Composites. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Medium density fiberboard panels were obtained from four different commercial sources.
John F. Hunt, Houjiang Zhang, Zhiren Guo, Feng Fu 2013, 'Cantilever beam static and dynamic response comparison with mid-point bending forthin MDF composite panels', BioResourceshttp://www.ncsu.edu/bioresources/BioRes_08/BioRes_08_1_115_Hunt_ZGF_Cantilever_Beam_Bending_MDF_3244.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
An ultra-low density fiberboard was made of plant fiber using a liquid frothing approach.
Min Niu, Olle Hagman, Xiaodong (Alice) Wang, Yongqun Xie, Olov Karlsson, LiLi Cai 2014, 'Effect of Si-Al Compounds on Fire Properties of Ultra-low Density Fiberboard', BioResourceshttp://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_09_2_2415_Niu_Fire_Properties_Fiberboard. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The fiberboard with silicium compounds had the lowest mass loss in three stages and total mass loss.
Jinghong Liu, Tingjie Chen, Yongqun Xie, Qihua Wei, Yan Chen, Jiuping Rao, Min Niu,Xiaodong (Alice) Wang 2016, 'Fire Performance of Ultra-Low Density Fiberboard (ULDF) with Complex Fire-Retardants',BioResourceshttp://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_11_4_10261_Liu_Fire_Performance_Ultra_Density. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A series of experiments were conducted to assess the machinability of high density fiberboard using cemented carbide cutting tools.
Zhaolong Zhu, Dietrich Buck, Xiaolei Guo, Mats Ekevad, Pingxiang Cao, Zhenzeng Wu 2018, 'Machinability investigation in turning of high density fiberboard.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6136762?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We present a numerical solution for the mathematical modeling of the hot-pressing process applied to medium density fiberboard.
Norberto Nigro, Mario Storti 2001, 'Hot-pressing process modeling for medium density fiberboard (MDF)', International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Scienceshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171201020166. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It was found that the water resistance of the rice straw fiberboard could not be improved by adding wax emulsion.
Mingzhu Pan, Dingguo Zhou, Tao Ding, Xiaoyan Zhou 2010, 'WATER RESISTANCE AND SOME MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF RICE STRAW FIBERBOARDS AFFECTEDBY THERMAL MODIFICATION', BioResourceshttp://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/viewFile/BioRes_05_2_0758_Pan_ZDZ_Water_Resistance_Mechanical_Rice_Straw_Fiberboard/557. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)