Particleboards

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A type of engineered wood product made from wood chips, shavings, or sawdust bonded together with adhesive and compressed into sheets
2. An artificial building material formed from assorted wood remnants glued to create panels, often used in furniture and cabinetry
3. A composite board produced by pressing together wood particles with a resin, commonly utilized for interior construction and furnishings

Etymology: "Particleboards" is simply the plural of "particleboard," a noun for panels pressed from wood chips, shavings, or sawdust bonded with resin. The plural names more than one such panel or several kinds of them. The singular is built from "particle," from Latin "particula," a diminutive of "pars," meaning "part," so the name describes the material: the board is made of small parts of wood rather than solid planks.

Synonyms: composite boards