A type of paperboard or cardboard material manufactured specifically for making shipping containers and corrugated boxes.
A 20th-century compound word from 'container' plus 'board,' created as the shipping industry standardized materials for cardboard boxes. The term solidified in technical and industrial contexts after World War II.
Containerboard is one of the most commonly used materials on Earth—nearly every packaged product relies on it, yet most people never learn its name, revealing how invisible the infrastructure of commerce really is.
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