paperboard

noun

pa·​per·​board ˈpā-pər-ˌbȯrd How to pronounce paperboard (audio)

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Paper and paperboard scrap exports are down 99.56% to China, 30.51% to the rest of the world. Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025 Juliet’s outer package is made from paperboard, which reduces energy and weight during transport and is easily recycled. Betty Gold Kider, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 May 2025 Graphic Packaging completed the sale of its Augusta, Georgia bleached paperboard manufacturing facility to Clearwater Paper Corporation for $711 million. Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2025 During the year, the company closed multiple packaging facilities and announced plans to build a new recycled paperboard manufacturing facility in Waco, Texas. Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for paperboard

Word History

First Known Use

1549, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of paperboard was in 1549

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“Paperboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paperboard. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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paperboard

noun
pa·​per·​board -ˌbō(ə)rd How to pronounce paperboard (audio)
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd

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