Home › Words › B › battenboardbattenboardbattenboard means A compound wood board consisting of boards of softwood placed side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood, considered to be of lower quality than blockboard.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, battenboard ranks #23,640 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom batten + board.nounA compound wood board consisting of boards of softwood placed side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood, considered to be of lower quality than blockboard.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.blockboard 71% match — A compound wood board consisting of nearly square strips of softwood placed side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood. vs battenboard →battening 68% match — Synonym of batten (“strip of wood used to hold things together or provide a fixing point”). vs battenboard →matchboarding 65% match — A type of softwood panelling formerly used for walls and ceilings. vs battenboard →boarden 62% match — Made of boards or wood; wooden vs battenboard →beaverboard 61% match — A form of fiberboard made of wood pulp compressed into sheets. vs battenboard →plyboard 60% match — A material made from wooden boards glued together. vs battenboard →beadboard 60% match — Wooden boards with a bead or ridge running their length used for paneling walls or ceilings. vs battenboard →sheetboard 60% match — Panels of plywood or chipboard, typically used for constructing or panelling walls. vs battenboard →