cardboard

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈkɑːdbɔːd/
• (America) IPA: /ˈkɑɹdbɔɹd/
  

Noun

cardboard

1. A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons and signs.

Translations

• French: carton
• German: Karton, Pappe
• Italian: cartone
• Portuguese: papelão
• Russian: карто́н
• Spanish: cartón, cartulina

Adjective

cardboard

1. Made of or resembling cardboard; (figurative) flat or flavorless.
   • 1868, Arthur William A'Beckett, "Painted Ships and Painted Oceans", The Tomahawk, page 114 ↗:

     The worst of the thing, however, is that the enormity, such as it is, happens to be of a very cardboard and tinsel character.

   • 1973, Journal of Black Poetry, Issue 17, page 27 ↗:

     The thing really looked quite cardboard.

   • Twentieth-Century Scottish Drama, page 501 ↗:

     MUMMER 3 pulls out an inflated cushion with a very cardboard crown on it.

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