Particle board, also known as
particleboard and
chipboard, is an
engineered wood product manufactured from
wood chips,
sawmill shavings, or even
sawdust, and a synthetic
resin or other suitable binder, which is pressed and
extruded.
Oriented strand board, also known as
flakeboard,
waferboard, or
chipboard, is similar but uses machined wood flakes offering more strength. All of these are
composite materials that belong to the spectrum of
fiberboard products.