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cardboard

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: cardboard

1
 n
a stiff moderately thick paper
2
 adj
without substance
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: cardboard
1

n a stiff moderately thick paper

Synonyms:
composition board
Types:
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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
timecard
a card used with a time clock to record an employee's starting and quitting times each day
millboard
stout pasteboard used to bind books
Type of:
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
2

adj without substance

“cardboard caricatures of historical figures”
Synonyms:
unlifelike
artificial, unreal
contrived by art rather than nature
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