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matchboard

/mach-bawrd, -bohrd/US // ˈmætʃˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd //UK // (ˈmætʃˌbɔːd) //

火柴板,火柴盒,配板,匹配板

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a board having a tongue formed on one edge and a groove of the same dimensions cut into the other, used with similar boards to compose floors, dados, etc.

Examples

  • The four-inch steel deck gaped and split as though it had been made of matchboard.

  • It was only matchboard, she decided, run up to make many little rooms of one large one.

  • We could matchboard the timbers over if you like, but it is not usual.

  • Mrs. Travers, leaning her chin on the palm of her hand, stared at the bare matchboard side of the hut.

  • Felt is fastened over the matchboard lining of the roof before the iron is put on.