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karton

Definitions of karton
  1. noun
    a stiff moderately thick paper
    synonyms: bordpapier
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    types:
    kaart
    thin cardboard, usually rectangular
    golfkarton
    cardboard with corrugations (can be glued to flat cardboard on one or both sides)
    bordpapier
    a cardboard suitable for making posters
    stroboard, strokarton, strovezelplaat
    a coarse yellow cardboard made of straw pulp
    klokkaart, prikkaart, tijdkaart
    a card used with a time clock to record an employee's starting and quitting times each day
    type of:
    papier
    a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
    emballage, fustage, verpakking
    any material used especially to protect something
  2. noun
    a cardboard suitable for making posters
    synonyms: bordpapier
    see moresee less
    type of:
    bordpapier
    a stiff moderately thick paper
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