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Fibrewood vs. Plywood — What's the Difference?

Fibrewood vs. Plywood — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Fibrewood and Plywood

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Fibrewood

Fiberboard

Plywood

Plywood is a material manufactured from thin layers or "plies" 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).

Plywood

A structural material made of layers of wood glued together, usually with the grains of adjoining layers at right angles to each other.

Plywood

(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.
After the hurricane there was a severe regional shortage of plywood, especially exterior plywood.

Plywood

(countable) A specific grade or type of this construction material.
We stock exterior plywoods, interior plywoods, and furniture plywoods.
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Plywood

(transitive) To fit or block up with plywood.

Plywood

A laminate made of thin layers of wood

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