containerboard

noun

con·​tain·​er·​board kən-ˈtā-nər-ˌbȯrd 

: corrugated or solid cardboard used for making containers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Prices for containerboard, the material that is folded into shipping boxes, declined for the second straight month, according to Fastmarkets RISI’s PPI Pulp & Paper Week, a trade publication that sets benchmarks by surveying buyers and sellers. —Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2022

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

Inventories of containerboard, the material that is folded into boxes, are ample and more manufacturing capacity is coming from mills being converted from making writing paper and newsprint. —Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2022

The American Forest and Paper Association said this week that U.S. production of containerboard, which is used to make shipping boxes, reached a new high in 2021, up 5.6% from the year before. —Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2022

Staphos said the containerboard industry is now raising prices — a $50-per-ton hike on shipments in November — and putting caps on client orders amid the tightest market since 1994. —Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2020

Staphos said the containerboard industry is now raising prices — a $50-per-ton hike on shipments in November — and putting caps on client orders amid the tightest market since 1994. —Hannah Denham, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2020

Nine Dragons is Asia's largest producer of containerboard, which is used to make cardboard boxes and packing material. —Ellen Barry, TheWeek, 8 Mar. 2020

Nine Dragons is Asia’s largest producer of containerboard, which is used to make cardboard boxes and packing material. —Ellen Barry, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1924, in the meaning defined above