card·board
ˈkärd-ˌbȯrd 
: a material made from cellulose fiber (such as wood pulp) like paper but usually thicker
1
: made of or as if of cardboard
2
: unreal, stereotyped
a play with cardboard characters
Examples of cardboard in a Sentence
Noun
Cover the windows with cardboard.
Adjective
The play had cardboard characters.
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Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
The extra body — packaged in a box that, according to one official, resembled cardboard pulled out of the trash — hadn’t come from Houston and shouldn’t have been delivered to the school, emails show.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
Her family celebrated holidays in hotels with cardboard Christmas trees.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
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Noun
Lowery worked closely with creative designer Nicholas Bateman who helped build New York City as a cardboard city.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
The extra body — packaged in a box that, according to one official, resembled cardboard pulled out of the trash — hadn’t come from Houston and shouldn’t have been delivered to the school, emails show.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
Adjective
The cardboard Christmas houses, decorated with glitter, twigs, and other items, are said to have originated with the Moravians who once created decorative Christmas villages built around Christmas trees, generally as an extension of a nativity.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
Her family celebrated holidays in hotels with cardboard Christmas trees.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
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“Cardboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cardboard. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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