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Definition of "millboard" []

  • A stiff heavy paperboard used primarily for book covers. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "millboard" in a sentence
  • "OR: Trace the pattern onto cardstock, and then glue that to millboard, which is the thick non corrugated cardboard that they make book covers and the backs of sketchbooks etc from or onto masonite."
  • "Cement sheet, millboard, and paper used as insulation around furnaces and wood-burning stoves."
  • "In 1986 the CPSC promulgated a labeling requirement for all products that contain asbestos: asbestos paper and millboard; asbestos cement sheet; dry-mix asbestos furnace or boiler cement; asbestos wood or coal stove-door gaskets; asbestos stove mats and iron rests; central hot-air furnace duct connectors."
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