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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A coarse, inexpensive, yellow cardboard. Strawboard is made from unbleached straw pulp. It is stiff and breaks easily. Strawboard contains few impurities and has good permanence. It is used for boxes, crates, egg cartons, and packing partitions. For new types of MDF called Strawboard and Wheatboard, please see [[Ecoboard]]. | + | A coarse, inexpensive, yellow [[cardboard]]. Strawboard is made from unbleached straw pulp. It is stiff and breaks easily. Strawboard contains few impurities and has good permanence. It is used for boxes, crates, egg cartons, and packing partitions. For new types of MDF called Strawboard and Wheatboard, please see [[Ecoboard]]. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
| − | straw board; straw-board (Br.); Dutch boards | + | straw board; straw-board (Br.); Dutch boards; Wheatboard; Ecoboard |
| − | == | + | ==Resources and Citations== |
* ''The Dictionary of Paper'', American Paper Institute, New York, Fourth Edition, 1980 | * ''The Dictionary of Paper'', American Paper Institute, New York, Fourth Edition, 1980 | ||
Latest revision as of 15:35, 4 June 2022
Description
A coarse, inexpensive, yellow Cardboard. Strawboard is made from unbleached straw pulp. It is stiff and breaks easily. Strawboard contains few impurities and has good permanence. It is used for boxes, crates, egg cartons, and packing partitions. For new types of MDF called Strawboard and Wheatboard, please see Ecoboard.
Synonyms and Related Terms
straw board; straw-board (Br.); Dutch boards; Wheatboard; Ecoboard
Resources and Citations
- The Dictionary of Paper, American Paper Institute, New York, Fourth Edition, 1980
- E.J.LaBarre, Dictionary and Encyclopedia of Paper and Paper-making, Swets & Zeitlinger, Amsterdam, 1969
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
- Book and Paper Group, Paper Conservation Catalog, AIC, 1984, 1989
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 583
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000