cardboard
pronunciation
How to pronounce cardboard in British English: UK [ˈkɑ:dbɔ:d]
How to pronounce cardboard in American English: US [ˈkɑrdbɔrd]
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- Noun:
- a stiff moderately thick paper
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- Adjective:
- resembling cardboard especially in flimsiness
- without substance
Word Origin
- cardboard (n.)
- 1848, from card (n.) + board (n.1). Figurative sense is from 1893. An earlier word for the same stuff was card paper (1777).
Example
- 1. 16the Diners club card was initially made of cardboard .
- 2. Unique shopping bags with embedded cardboard clothes hangers .
- 3. Those cardboard tubes make terrific cable tidies !
- 4. Then he made two cardboard rockets .
- 5. Cardboard and concrete inspired bed sheets designed to raise awareness about homeless people .