pahvi

      Finnish

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      • Hyphenation: pah‧vi
      • Rhymes: -ɑhʋi
      • IPA: [ˈpɑhʋi]

      Noun

      pahvi

      1. Relatively thick and stiff cardboard. According to paper industry standards, pahvi weighs at least 250 g/sq.m.
      2. A versatile woodfibre-based packaging material produced by combining cardboard, fluting and/or paper. The usage of both Finnish and English terms is rather incoherent, but e.g. cardboard, corrugated board, paperboard and pasteboard may apply as translations for pahvi.

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      Last modified on 18 December 2011, at 20:46