Definitions for cardboardˈkɑrdˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
card•boardˈkɑrdˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd(n.)
a thin, stiff pasteboard, used for signs, boxes, etc.
(adj.)resembling cardboard, esp. in flimsiness:
an apartment with cardboard walls.
Category: Common Vocabulary
not fully lifelike; two-dimensional:
a silly movie with a cardboard hero.
Category: Common Vocabulary
Origin of cardboard:
1840–50
Princeton's WordNet
cardboard, composition board(adj)
a stiff moderately thick paper
cardboard, unlifelike(adj)
without substance
"cardboard caricatures of historical figures"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
cardboard(noun)ˈkɑrdˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd
a material like thick, stiff paper
brown cardboard boxes
Wiktionary
cardboard(Noun)
A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes and signs.
Origin: card + board
Webster Dictionary
Cardboard(noun)
a stiff compact pasteboard of various qualities, for making cards, etc., often having a polished surface
Translations for cardboard
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- kartonAfrikaans
- وَرَقُ اللعِبArabic
- мукаваBulgarian
- papelãoPortuguese (BR)
- der KartonGerman
- pap-Danish
- χαρτόνι, χαρτονένιοςGreek
- cartónSpanish
- pappEstonian
- مقواییFarsi
- pahviFinnish
- cartonFrench
- קָרטוֹןHebrew
- गत्ता, दफतीHindi
- ljepenka, kartonCroatian
- karton(papír)Hungarian
- kardusIndonesian
- pappiIcelandic
- cartoneItalian
- ボール紙Japanese
- 판지Korean
- kartonasLithuanian
- kartonsLatvian
- kadbodMalay
- kartonDutch
- papp, kartongNorwegian
- tekturaPolish
- مقواییPersian
- كلك بنډ كاغذ، مقواPashto
- cartãoPortuguese
- cartonRomanian
- картонRussian
- kartón; kartónovýSlovak
- kartonSlovenian
- kartonSerbian
- kartong, pappSwedish
- กระดาษแข็งThai
- karton, mukavvaTurkish
- 硬紙板(的)Chinese (Trad.)
- картонUkrainian
- گتہUrdu
- các tôngVietnamese
- 卡纸板（的），硬纸板（的）Chinese (Simp.)
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