How to Use particleboard in a Sentence

particleboard

noun
  • That works, about as long as your particleboard stays in good shape.
    — Matt Bean, Sunset Magazine, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The entire desk is made of particleboard and fiberboard and is durable enough to last for years.
    — Rachel Dube, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2023
  • This unit has a durable steel frame, polyester canvas sling-style tiers, and a particleboard upper shelf.
    — Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2023
  • This storage unit has a steel frame, a particleboard upper shelf, and polyester canvas slings for the bottom four tiers.
    — Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Another way to reduce the cost of cabinetry is to use particleboard where no one will see it.
    — Michelle Higgins, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2017
  • In some areas, there is hardly any margin for the imperfect pines that are pulped for paper and particleboard.
    — Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2018
  • Like many other furniture and cabinet pieces these days, it’s made of a type of particleboard wrapped in a thin layer of vinyl.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The glue is in the drawer front’s inner core, which is probably a type of particleboard, with veneers of solid wood on the front and back.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 22 July 2019
  • The new vulgarians are tearing down houses and putting up particleboard palaces.
    — Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 28 May 2015
  • Nerissa waited for the door to close and listened for the sounds of her mother practicing with screws on particleboard.
    — Elisabeth Egan, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017
  • And, like many pieces of furniture on this list, old-school desks are often built to last and made from real wood—not just particleboard like most desks today.
    — Cori Sears, The Spruce, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Likewise, Trosclair tells us that particleboard pieces won’t hold up against the bathroom’s conditions, either.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Likewise, Trosclair tells us that particleboard pieces won’t hold up against the bathroom’s conditions, either.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 17 June 2026
  • Think Deco Hate how your particleboard home-office furniture clashes with the pop-modernist decor in the rest of your pad?
    — Sonia Zjawinski, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2001
  • Shrouded by yew trees, the trailer had low ceilings and particleboard walls that were decorated with the previous tenant’s art.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The law covers goods made of hardwood plywood, medium-density fiberboard and particleboard.
    — Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The ceilings are low, the lights fluorescent, the furniture is modern particleboard.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
  • Two particleboard boxes, made to stack precisely to the measurements of the cement blocks that support them, are filled with fist-sized chunks of ceramics and concrete mix.
    — Julia Couzens and Special To The Bee, sacbee, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Engineered features a thin veneer layer of solid wood adhered on top of layers of plywood or high-density particleboard.
    — Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2021
  • The second gallery includes six oil paintings Dingle made by treating cheap sheets of particleboard as industrial strength paint-by-number sets.
    — David Pagel, latimes.com, 28 Oct. 2017
  • Your table is almost certainly veneered, meaning that the top has a thin layer of beautiful wood glued to a base material, which could be plywood or particleboard.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
  • It’s made of durable MDF particleboard that mimics real wood and has a weight capacity of 110 pounds.
    — Rena Behar, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Formaldehyde is used in products ranging from particleboard to disinfectants and embalming fluid.
    — Heidi Vogt, WSJ, 14 Feb. 2019
  • It’s made of durable MDF particleboard and has a generous weight capacity of 220 pounds.
    — Rena Behar, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The Mantis, below, which was on display at this year’s RV Experience trade show, has birch shelving, not particleboard.
    — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2019
  • Laminate countertop sheets, which are made using high-resolution digital prints of natural stone, can be glued right onto plywood or particleboard.
    — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2017
  • With heirlooms top of mind, quality was taken seriously in a market where children’s collections often employ particleboard and polyester fabrics.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The unit itself is crafted of particleboard and MDF, and the three bottom compartments offer ample storage for audio and video equipment.
    — Rena Behar, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2023
  • One way was by using dual-density particleboard in its iconic Billy bookcases, which cut down on materials by 20%.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2017
  • These particleboard fabrications are mounted away from the wall, not flush with it, yet simulate areas in which wooden planks have been partly removed to reveal a dim passageway into something or somewhere.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024

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