cardboard
a thin, stiff pasteboard, used for signs, boxes, etc.
resembling cardboard, especially in flimsiness: an apartment with cardboard walls.
not fully lifelike; shallow; two-dimensional: a play with cardboard characters.
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How to use cardboard in a sentence
Breaking was still an activity that could be done by tossing a piece of cardboard on a sidewalk and letting the music take hold, but for many, it had graduated from the sidewalks to dance studios.
How break dancing made the leap from ’80s pop culture to the Olympic stage | Rick Maese | February 9, 2021 | Washington PostThe company said it plans to donate as many as 20,000 kits, which include a cardboard base, a 20-inch box fan and a 20-by-20-by-4 air filter.
Ford’s next pandemic mission: Clear N95 masks and low-cost air filters | Hannah Denham | February 9, 2021 | Washington PostThe stadium appeared to be full because of 30,000 cardboard cutouts.
America suffered an unnecessary loss during the Super Bowl | Michele Norris | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostWe are, in fact, not too old to join in coloring pictures, make up funny stories or helping turn cardboard boxes into secret forts.
Christopher Plummer’s Captain von Trapp is the father I want to be | Bill McQuillen | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostThe pandemic was inescapable, represented in the stands with the cardboard cutout fans, and it was visualized in the halftime show, with the dancers’ plague doctor-esque masks.
The 8 best Super Bowl commercials, from an ‘Edward Scissorhands’ sequel to Michael B. Jordan’s Alexa | Sonia Rao, Maura Judkis | February 8, 2021 | Washington Post
Host and guest pop and lock on cardboard—the only proper surface for breakdancing—and in no way did they have dancing doubles.
Breakdancing Brad Pitt, Chainsaw Massacre Prank, and More Viral Videos | The Daily Beast Video | October 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA heavy trowel is used to retrieve a mass of your chosen kind of ice cream from its tub and put it in the cardboard container.
Dr. Mike’s Makes the Best Ice Cream on Earth | Jane & Michael Stern | July 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFrom an old cardboard box, Li Wen drew a clear glass bottle filled with a dark brown liquid.
Back at the Coop, food is presented on heavy cardboard plates.
Charlottesville Is Swimming in Finger Lickin’ Gas Station Fried Chicken | Jane & Michael Stern | May 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBy the end of the day, six more bodies were found, each wrapped in clothing and blankets, each in its own cardboard box.
Utah’s Murderer Mom Is a Monster but She’s Not the First | Steve Miller | April 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe further proposes to use it in the form of a solid cardboard as a roofing material for light structures.
Asbestos | Robert H. JonesThe application is made in a paper machine, the pulp being allowed to flow over the cardboard.
Asbestos | Robert H. JonesOn the stall are baby dolls with bodies made of grey cardboard, smiling after the manner of idols, monstrous and serene as they.
Marguerite | Anatole FranceIn doing so, to his dismay, he upset a couple of old cardboard boxes filled with letters, and they fell with some clatter.
Marriage la mode | Mrs. Humphry WardIt is true that it might have lain under the setting of the frame, hidden beneath the protecting cardboard mat.
Urania | Camille Flammarion
British Dictionary definitions for cardboard
/ (ˈkɑːdˌbɔːd) /
a thin stiff board made from paper pulp and used esp for making cartons
(as modifier): cardboard boxes
(prenominal) without substance: a cardboard smile; a cardboard general
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