cardboard
cardboard
Definition
card·board (kärd′bôrd′)
noun
a material made of paper pulp but thicker and stiffer than paper; pasteboard: used for making cards, boxes, etc.
adjective
- of or like cardboard
- insubstantial or flimsy a cardboard empire
- 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
Browse dictionary entries near cardboard
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- cardiac arrest
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- Cardiff
- cardigan
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