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How to pronounce cardboard in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms composition board
Type of paper, packing, packing material, wadding
Has types corrugated cardboard, paperboard, pasteboard, poster board, posterboard, strawboard, binder's board, binder board, card, corrugated board
Type Words
Synonyms unlifelike


cardboard caricatures of historical figures.

Examples of cardboard

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Some local councils collect household cardboard packaging mixed with waste food.
From the independent.co.uk
Slice open the length of the cardboard tube to insert the plastic-wrapped dough.
From the stltoday.com
As if on cue, a man walks by and bops Arizona Senator McCain's cardboard effigy.
From the bloomberg.com
Prices for cardboard, newspaper, plastics and other scrap also fell off a cliff.
From the sacbee.com
Bales of more rain-resistant plastics, tin and cardboard are stockpiled outside.
From the sacbee.com
Grocery, hardware and bulk-goods stores are prime generators of cardboard waste.
From the sacbee.com
You can't feel the soft cardboard or see all the different varieties of artwork.
From the post-gazette.com
In all, Cohn said, he found 5,000 images from 1950 to 1965 in the cardboard box.
From the al.com
She's a cardboard cutout, as are most of the other supposedly brainiac students.
From the usatoday.com
More examples
  • A stiff moderately thick paper
  • Without substance; "cardboard caricatures of historical figures"
  • (The Cardboards) The Cardboards were one of the first bands in the local independent/experimental/punk/new wave scene in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,Mervis, Scott. "", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2006-08-17, p. WE13. Retrieved on 2008-10-09. from around 1979 till 1985. ...
  • A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes and signs
  • Thick stiff paper produced by pasting several layers of paper together.
  • General term for stiff, bulky paper such as index, tag, or bristol.
  • A generic, non-specific term for heavy-duty, paper-based product. Do not use as a synonym for corrugated.
  • Paper product made of unbleached kraft fiber, with two heavy outer layers and a wavy inner layer to provide strength.
  • A thin, stiff material made of paper pulp and used in making cartons and other forms of packaging.