cardboard
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noun \ˈkärd-ˌbȯrd\Definition of CARDBOARD
: a material made from cellulose fiber (as wood pulp) like paper but usually thicker
— card·boardy \-ˌbȯr-dē\ adjective
Examples of CARDBOARD
- Cover the windows with cardboard.
First Known Use of CARDBOARD
1831
Rhymes with CARDBOARD
aboard, accord, afford, award, backboard, backsword, bargeboard, baseboard, billboard, blackboard, boxboard, breadboard, broadsword, buckboard, chalkboard, chessboard, chipboard, clapboard, clipboard, concord, corkboard, dashboard, discord, draft board, duckboard, face cord, fjord, flashboard, floorboard, footboard, freeboard, greensward, hardboard, headboard, inboard, keyboard, kickboard, landlord, lapboard, leeboard, matchboard, moldboard, nerve cord, onboard, on board, outboard, packboard, pasteboard, patchboard, patch cord, Peg-Board, pressboard, punchboard, rearward, record, reward, sailboard, scoreboard, seaboard, shipboard, sideboard, signboard, skateboard, slumlord, smallsword, snowboard, soundboard, splashboard, springboard, surfboard, switchboard, tailboard, tote board, untoward, wakeboard, wallboard, warlord, washboard, whiteboard, whipcord, word-hoard
2cardboard
adjectiveDefinition of CARDBOARD
1
: made of or as if of cardboard
2
: unreal, stereotyped <a play with cardboard characters>
Examples of CARDBOARD
- The play had cardboard characters.
First Known Use of CARDBOARD
1852
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