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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Beverly Gage, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026
Some wiped away tears as Fayyad named one by one the southern churches, illustrated in the cardboard cutouts next to the pulpit.
—ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
The backing of a tracing paper pad is typically cardboard and semiflexible.
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Noun
Over the course of a single day, visitors can eat brunch with a TR impersonator, shop for a teddy bear (first inspired by TR), hike in the TR national park, and view a cardboard model of the upcoming TR presidential library, scheduled to open this July 4.
—Beverly Gage, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026
Some wiped away tears as Fayyad named one by one the southern churches, illustrated in the cardboard cutouts next to the pulpit.
—ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
Families and friends pile into cardboard watercraft of their own construction to commandeer through a course that, most of the time, ends with sinking vessels.
—Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
The backing of a tracing paper pad is typically cardboard and semiflexible.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2026
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“Cardboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cardboard. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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