containerboard

noun

con·​tain·​er·​board kən-ˈtā-nər-ˌbȯrd How to pronounce containerboard (audio)
: corrugated or solid cardboard used for making containers

Examples of containerboard in a Sentence

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International Paper, a Fortune 500 company based in Tennessee, now runs the mill as a containerboard factory, employing about 650 people. Fred Clasen-Kelly, NPR, 19 Aug. 2025 In addition to the St. Paul facility, the company will discontinue production at its containerboard mill in Texas and permanently close two converting facilities in Germany, totaling some 650 job losses, according to a company news release. Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 1 May 2025 The benchmark grade of containerboard remains around $865 a ton, according to Fastmarkets RISI’s PPI Pulp & Paper Week, a trade publication that sets benchmarks by surveying buyers and sellers. Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2023 As was the case at the paper mill in Rome, the facility was dominated by a single, tremendously expensive machine — here, a multimillion-dollar corrugator, into which the containerboard was fed at a velocity of 1,200 feet per minute. Matthew Shaer, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2022 Meanwhile, three new recycled containerboard mills are expected to be built over the next two years, with a $4.1 billion investment in manufacturing to continue recovering fiber for reuse, Brock said. Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1924, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of containerboard was circa 1924

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“Containerboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/containerboard. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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