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cardboard

  • noun
  • /ˈkɑːdbɔːd/

A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons and signs.

Other meanings

  1. Something flat or insubstantial.

Synonyms

  • composition board

A kind of

  • paper
  • packing material

Kinds of cardboard

  • binder board

Related words

  • corrugated cardboard
  • cardboarded
  • cardboarding
  • cardboardy
  • cardboard box
  • cardboard city

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “cardboard” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.