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As a noun, cardboard means a wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons and signs. As an adjective, it means made of or resembling cardboard.
Meanings of cardboard
4 meaningsnoun
A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons and signs.
A stiff moderately thick paper
Similar: composition board
adjective
Made of or resembling cardboard; (figurative) flat or flavorless.
Without substance
“cardboard caricatures of historical figures”
Similar: unlifelike
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
adjective: without substance
unlifelike
noun: a stiff moderately thick paper
composition board
Words that rhyme with cardboard
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