Fibreboard vs. Plywood

Fibreboardnoun

A material made from wood chips or shavings, which are compressed and bonded with resin and formed into stiff sheets; often laminated with melamine and used in building or making furniture.

Fibreboardnoun

Same as fiberboard.

Fibreboardnoun

wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets

Fibreboardnoun

a building material made of wood or other plant fibres compressed into boards.

Plywoodnoun

(uncountable) Construction material supplied in sheets, and made of three or more layers of wood veneer glued together, laid up with alternating layers having their grain perpendicular to each other.

Plywoodnoun

(countable) A specific grade or type of this construction material.

Plywoodverb

(transitive) To fit or block up with plywood.

Plywoodnoun

a laminate made of thin layers of wood

Plywood

Plywood is a material manufactured from thin layers or of wood veneer that are glued together with adjacent layers having their wood grain rotated up to 90 degrees to one another. It is an engineered wood from the family of manufactured boards which include medium-density fibreboard (MDF), oriented strand board (OSB) and particle board (chipboard).