cardboard
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- noun
- /ˈkɑrdˌbɔrd/
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cartón
- She used a piece of cardboard to make a sign for the charity event.
- a cardboard box
- corrugated cardboard
- a piece of cardboard
It smells like cardboard with a hint of chocolate.
- It smells like cardboard with a hint of chocolate.
- Let's go take some cardboard to the bin.
- Door shuts, pieces of cardboard on the floor.
- You probably recognize this cardboard from all of my varnishing.
- The height of the cardboard is the perfect height.
- You just put a piece of cardboard out, tape a sheet.
- And so my troop, the lads made-up a load of cardboard Med saying exercise.
Examples
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It's just a piece of cardboard.
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The red bags were opened and waste was dumped on the cardboard sheet one by one.
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And it was by playing with that cardboard cut out collection.
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I need money 'cause I made a cardboard box man.
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It's a massive, massive cardboard cut out of our kids head.
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Let's start with some cardboard, all right?
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The height of the cardboard is the perfect height.
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You start out brave, you lose interest, and the next thing you know, I'm up to my neck in cardboard boxes.
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The present wasn't wrapped, it was just in a cardboard Amazon box.
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In the spring, she generally had a cardboard box or two of cuttings or bare roots.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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3.7
A thick, stiff type of paper used for boxes and signs
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A strong, stiff cardboard made by gluing paper layers
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A thick paper with a wavy layer between flat sheets used for boxes
Thick, stiff paper used to make boxes and packaging
A stiff, thick paper used for making covers or mounting pictures
A strong cardboard with a wavy middle layer used to make boxes
Thick cardboard that people use to make book covers
Compounds
- Slang
A funny name for a small, cheap place to live that is old or in bad condition
How Stiff
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cardboard comes from the parts card and board, where card once meant 'thick paper' and board means 'a flat piece'. So cardboard is literally a 'thick paper board' used for boxes and signs.