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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.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cardboardcardboard - a stiff moderately thick paper      
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"
artificial, unreal - contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"
Translations
cardboard [ˈkɑːdbɔːd]
A. Ncartón m; (thin) → cartulina f
B. CPD cardboard box Ncaja f de cartón
cardboard city N área en la que los vagabundos duermen a la intemperiezona f de chabolas
cardboard cut-out Nfigura f de cartón

cardboard [ˈkɑːrdbɔːrd] ncarton 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 [ˈkɑːrdhəʊldər] n [credit cards] → titulaire mf de carte de crédit

cardboard [ˈkɑːdˌbɔːd] ncartone m
cardboard [ˈkɑːdˌbɔːd] ncartone m

cardboard وَرَق مقوى karton pap Pappe χαρτόνι cartón pahvi carton karton cartone ボール紙 판지 karton kartong tektura papelão картон papp กระดาษแข็ง mukavva bìa các tông 纸板


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The floor of the stage consisted of smooth boards, at the sides was some painted cardboard representing trees, and at the back was a cloth stretched over boards.
One juryman after another took the cardboard and the glass and made the comparison.
And back of the trees were rows of cardboard houses, painted in various colors but most of them having green blinds.
 
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