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backerboard

noun

Etymology

From backer + board.

  1. derived from *bʰers-✻ — “tip, top”
  2. inherited from *burdą✻ — “board, plank; edge; table”
  3. inherited from *bord✻
  4. inherited from bord
  5. inherited from boord
  6. compounded as backerboard — “backer + board”

Definitions

  1. A board used behind or under other material, often as support.

    • A tile setter mounts colorful American-Olean ceramic tile on a new gypsum backerboard in a motel bathroom...
    • Ceramic tile has a well-deserved reputation as a durable material, but neither tile, nor cement backerboard, nor latex thinset or grout, can be relied upon to provide waterproofing protection.
    • There are all sorts of different tile backer board products out there. Some are cement-based, some are gypsum-based, and others have a mix of ingredients.

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