corrugated
adjective
cor·ru·gat·ed
ˈkȯr-ə-ˌgā-təd 
ˈkär-
: having corrugations
corrugated paper
also
: made of corrugated material (such as cardboard)
corrugated boxes
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Even the wine lists are delightful physical specimens, bound in corrugated cardboard in homage to the nineteen-seventies Italian cookbook series In Bocca, and découpaged with psychedelic illustrations from the books.
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
Makeshift services have popped up in the camp — a barber shop, churches, a school — making for a corrugated metal world that some people scarcely ever leave.
—Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2023
Ocean Canda’s tall, boxy structure, framed with exposed logs and a corrugated tin roof, feels more beachfront shack than ritzy club.
—John Eligon, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2023
Note also that the frame is assembled with corrugated fasteners.
—David M. Swartwout, Popular Mechanics, 11 Nov. 2022
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
Makeshift services have popped up in the camp — a barber shop, churches, a school — making for a corrugated metal world that some people scarcely ever leave.
—Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2023
Ocean Canda’s tall, boxy structure, framed with exposed logs and a corrugated tin roof, feels more beachfront shack than ritzy club.
—John Eligon, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2023
Note also that the frame is assembled with corrugated fasteners.
—David M. Swartwout, Popular Mechanics, 11 Nov. 2022
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“Corrugated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corrugated. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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