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)

1. 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