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containerboard

noun

Etymology

From container + 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 containerboard — “container + board”

Definitions

  1. A form of paperboard especially manufactured for the production of corrugated fiberboard.

    • Zhang Yin, who saw a solution to China's thirst for containerboard by importing United States scrap paper, in her Hong Kong office.

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