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cardboard Definition

card·board (kärdbôrd′)

noun

a material made of paper pulp but thicker and stiffer than paper; pasteboard: used for making cards, boxes, etc.

adjective

  1. of or like cardboard
    1. insubstantial or flimsy a cardboard empire
    2. superficial or shallow cardboard characters in a play
cardboard Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • corrugate: You could cut a small square of corrugated cardboard or foam to do the same job.
  • flatten: To help things along place black plastic, fleece or flattened cardboard on the soil in the spring to warm the soil up.
  • recycle: You can recycle cardboard at any of the household waste recycling centers What should I do with excess paper?
  • collect: Currently the Farm collects cardboard from a local shopping center which is then shredded for animal bedding.
  • accept: We cannot accept cardboard, envelopes or wrapping paper in our recycling banks.
  • put: We cannot accept Telephone Directories, Yellow Pages or envelopes Do not put cardboard in the paper recycling container.

Adjective modifier

  • soggy: He had tried a spoonful but found it utterly without flavor, as dully uninteresting as soggy cardboard.
  • recycled: All made in the UK from recycled, recyclable cardboard.
  • sturdy: To make the tree: Draw the shape of a Christmas tree on a piece of sturdy cardboard.
  • stiff: Make a climbing wall by cutting two pieces of stiff cardboard about ten inches by four inches.
  • durable: It is constructed in durable cardboard and is 100 % recycleable!
  • thick: I found that the thicker cardboard was best, and promised maximum weed suppression.

Modifies a noun

  • cut-out: I could do with a cardboard cut-out of myself.
  • cutout: He'd look odd sitting there with a cardboard cutout of Sarah Jane from.. .
  • box: The cardboard boxes can be recycled or added to your compost heap.
  • carton: Cardboard egg cartons can be recycled into environmentally-friendly seedling pots.
  • coffin: Model coffin The outer wooden coffin contains an inner cardboard coffin.
  • sleeve: The cardboard sleeve for the keyboard package is a little battered.

Noun used with modifier

  • zinc: A passenger capacity efforts to offer the line and with zinc cardboard.
  • waste: For example, Kellogg's has donated some waste cardboard to a local children's play project.