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See also: Masonite
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Mason + -ite, after William H. Mason, who patented the process for making it.
Noun
[edit]masonite (uncountable)
- 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.