English
foamboardfoamboard
From foam + board.
A compound of foam + board
Proto-Indo-European *(s)poH(y)-
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Proto-Germanic *faimaz
Proto-West Germanic *faim ‘foam, froth’
Old English fām
Middle English fom
English foam
Proto-Germanic *burdą ‘board’
Proto-West Germanic *bord ‘board’
Old English bord ‘board’
Middle English boord
English board
Today it means
noun A strong, lightweight material consisting of an inner layer of polystyrene clad with outer facing of either white clay-coated paper or brown kraft paper.
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