cardboard

card·board  (kärdbôrd, -brd)

n.

A material similar to thick, stiff paper, that is made of pressed paper pulp or pasted sheets of paper. It is used for making cartons and signs, for example.

adj.

1. Made of or consisting of cardboard.

2.

a. Flimsy; insubstantial.

b. Lacking depth; superficial: a movie with only cardboard caricatures of its historical subjects.

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cardboard [ˈkɑːdˌbɔːd]

n

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

b.  (as modifier) cardboard boxes

adj

(prenominal) without substance a cardboard smile a cardboard general

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cardboard - a stiff moderately thick paper       composition board binder board, binder's board - a cardboard used by bookbinders to make covers for books card - thin cardboard, usually rectangular corrugated board, corrugated cardboard - cardboard with corrugations (can be glued to flat cardboard on one or both sides) paperboard, poster board, posterboard - a cardboard suitable for making posters pasteboard - stiff cardboard made by pasting together layers of paper strawboard - a coarse yellow cardboard made of straw pulp paper - a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses packing, packing material, wadding - any material used especially to protect something
Adj.	1.	cardboard - without substance; "cardboard caricatures of historical figures" unlifelike artificial, unreal - contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"

Translations

cardboard [ˈkɑːdbɔːd]

A. N → cartón m; (thin) → cartulina f

B. CPD cardboard box N → caja f de cartón
cardboard city N área en la que los vagabundos duermen a la intemperie → zona f de chabolas
cardboard cut-out N → figura f de cartón

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cardboard [ˈkɑː^rdbɔː^rd] n → carton m
card-carrying member [ˈkɑːdkærɪɪŋ] n (= active member) → membre m actif
card game n

(bridge, poker, whist) → jeu m de cartes

(= game, contest) → partie f de cartes
cardholder [ˈkɑː^rdhəʊldə^r] n [credit cards] → titulaire mf de carte de crédit

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cardboard [ˈkɑːdˌbɔːd] n → cartone m

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