corrugated cardboard
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- noun
- /ˈkɔrəˌɡeɪtɪd ˈkɑrdˌbɔrd/
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cartón corrugado
- The city is accepting metal cans, clear and colored glass, plastic bottles, and corrugated cardboard for recycling.
- waxed corrugated cardboard
- corrugated cardboard and paper
- corrugated cardboard and plastic
Yes, the lowest possible threshold to get the thing out of my head is foam core or corrugated cardboard.
- Yes, the lowest possible threshold to get the thing out of my head is foam core or corrugated cardboard.
Examples
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In 1996, the program expanded its fiber materials from newsprint to include brown paper bags, telephone books, magazines, mail, corrugated cardboard, and paperboard.
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The plant is starting out sorting glass, aluminum, steel, and corrugated cardboard.
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Nearby markets exist for newspaper, office paper, corrugated cardboard, and steel.
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The company uses recycled wood to produce corrugated cardboard medium.
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After the garbage is dumped, corrugated cardboard, large metal items, and non-compostables are pulled at the tipping area.
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The recycled corrugated cardboard mill is scheduled to double its production in 1997, bringing total paper residuals to 2,300 tons/month.
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A 10x17 inch piece of corrugated cardboard with crinkled or uncrinkled foil wrapper around it makes a fine reflector.
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To create a sturdy model, you can use strips of corrugated cardboard to form the structure.
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The company packed the fragile items securely in a box made of corrugated cardboard.
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After the move, I recycled all the empty boxes made of corrugated cardboard.
Synonyms
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A stiff, thick paper used to make boxes and signs
A strong cardboard with a wavy middle layer used to make boxes
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'stiff, strong cardboard with fluted ridges' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'corrugated' (textured with parallel ridges) with 'cardboard' (stiff paper material). This adjective+noun composition follows standard English modification patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Corrugated cardboard comes from how it is made: corrugated means a wavy middle layer and cardboard is the flat paper on each side, so the material is like a paper 'sandwich' with waves inside. Those waves make the board stiff and create small air pockets that absorb knocks, so the material is 'strong' and 'protects' items in boxes.