masonite
масонит
Masonit
A type of hardboard formed using wooden chips and blasting them into long fibers with…A type of hardboard formed using wooden chips and blasting them into long fibers with steam and then forming them into boards.
US/mˈæsənˌaɪt/
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A type of hardboard formed using wooden chips and blasting them into long fibers with steam and then forming them into boards.
Masonit
масони́тmasonít
More definitions
- a type of fiberboard
Translations
3 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
a type of hardboard:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a type of hardboard:
Origin
From Mason + -ite, after William H. Mason, who patented the process for making it.From Mason + -ite, after William H. Mason, who patented the process for making it.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable