masonite

See also: Masonite

English

Alternative forms

Masonite

Etymology

Mason +‎ -ite, after William H. Mason, who patented the process for making it.

Noun

masonite (uncountable)

A type of hardboard formed using wooden chips and blasting them into long fibers with steam and then forming them into boards.
- 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 138:
  "Wobbling" is shaking a warped Masonite board to produce bizarre rhythmic sounds.

Translations

a type of hardboard

Danish: masonit c
German: Masonit
Russian: масони́т m (masonít)

Anagrams

Maisonet, Maniotes, amniotes, intasome, moaniest, ominates, somniate

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