Definition of cardboard
: a material made from cellulose fiber (such as wood pulp) like paper but usually thicker
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Examples of cardboard in a Sentence
Cover the windows with cardboard.
Recent Examples of cardboard from the Web
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The eateries also have moved to more environmentally friendly carryout cups and dishes, using cardboard sandwich containers and platter tray lids made of a sugar cane byproduct.
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When the employee could not hold any more, demonstrators put the rest in a cardboard box on the floor, leaving them for the governor.
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There were pints of ice cream, all his own flavor experiments, housed in white cardboard containers his wife, Joyce, had bought for the purpose.
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Organizers hope to buy a Bob Ross cardboard cutout so people can have their picture taken with the icon.
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But a fan holding a giant cardboard cutout of James' face did.
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The response team has cardboard cutouts for each animal and uses them after receiving a photo to re-enact the sighting and see whether the scale is correct.
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Last month, 17-year-old Allison Closs went viral for bringing an unusual date to prom: a life-size cardboard cutout of actor Danny DeVito (wearing a tie and everything).
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Mike, 27 The gimmick: Produce a life-size cardboard cutout of Arie from the limousine's interior.
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First Known Use of cardboard
1831
Definition of cardboard
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: made of or as if of cardboard
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: unreal, stereotyped
- a play with cardboard characters
Examples of cardboard in a Sentence
The play had cardboard characters.
Recent Examples of cardboard from the Web
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There's no equivalent of the shoddy, cardboard cutout effect seen in that Hendrix clip, or in other hit-and-miss footage from 3D movies or television.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cardboard.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of cardboard
1852
CARDBOARD Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of cardboard for English Language Learners
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: a stiff and thick kind of paper that is used especially for making boxes
cardboard
Definition of cardboard for English Language Learners
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: made out of cardboard
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: not acting or seeming real : having an obviously false or fake quality
CARDBOARD Defined for Kids
Definition of cardboard for Students
: a stiff thick kind of paper used especially to make boxes
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