cardboard

pronunciation

How to pronounce cardboard in British English: UK [ˈkɑ:dbɔ:d]word uk audio image

How to pronounce cardboard in American English: US [ˈkɑrdbɔrd] word us audio image

  • Noun:
    a stiff moderately thick paper
  • 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 .

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