Sturdy paperboard material made by laminating multiple layers of paper or pulp, used to make boxes and packaging.
Compound of 'box' (the container) and 'board' (the material). The term emerged in the late 1800s with industrialized packaging.
Boxboard was revolutionary—it allowed mass production of sturdy, stackable boxes for shipping goods, which basically made modern e-commerce and mail-order retail possible long before the internet!
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