cardboard

[ kahrd-bawrd, -bohrd ]
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noun
  1. a thin, stiff pasteboard, used for signs, boxes, etc.

adjective
  1. resembling cardboard, especially in flimsiness: an apartment with cardboard walls.

  2. not fully lifelike; shallow; two-dimensional: a play with cardboard characters.

Origin of cardboard

1
First recorded in 1840–50; card1 + board

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British Dictionary definitions for cardboard

cardboard

/ (ˈkɑːdˌbɔːd) /


noun
    • a thin stiff board made from paper pulp and used esp for making cartons

    • (as modifier): cardboard boxes

adjective
  1. (prenominal) without substance: a cardboard smile; a cardboard general

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