pasteboard

American  

[payst-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈpeɪstˈbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

1. a stiff, firm board made of sheets of paper pasted or layers of paper pulp pressed together.

2. Older Slang. a card, as a visiting card or a playing card.

3. Older Slang. a ticket, as for the theater.

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adjective

1. made of pasteboard.

2. unsubstantial, flimsy, or sham.

pasteboard British  

/ ˈpeɪstˌbɔːd /

noun

1. 1. a stiff board formed from layers of paper or pulp pasted together, esp as used in bookbinding

   2. ( as modifier )

      a pasteboard book cover

2. slang a card or ticket

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adjective

1. flimsy; insubstantial

2. sham; fake

Other Word Forms

• pasteboardy
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of pasteboard

First recorded in 1540–50; paste + board

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

pasteboard

But you and I both know that the real star of the film was the courtesans au chocolat from Mendel's down in the village, vivid stacks of cream puffs arranged in pink pasteboard boxes.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2018

“High-tech things can help attract customers,” says Mr. Qin, whose pasteboard sign features a robot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2016

The pitmaster arrives at three or four in the morning to start up the pasteboard boxes normally used as kindling.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 2, 2015

I put everything I had in a pasteboard box and walked out into a cold north wind.

From Forbes ● Sep. 7, 2012

On a railroad siding off the main tracks, men in linty overalls were loading big pasteboard boxes full of cotton thread onto a freight car.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

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