cardboard

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons and signs.
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Something flat or insubstantial.

Adj

Made of or resembling cardboard; (figurative) flat or flavorless.

Synonyms

pasteboard

paperboard

carton

board

card

unlifelike

hardboard

composition board

posterboard

surreal

surrealistic

thin board

unreal

corrugated paper

paper plate

thick paper

paper box

boxboard

pressboard

tagboard

paper board

poster board

pulp board

carton material

phantasmagorical

pudden-head

paste board

board paper

fiber board

sheet fiber

lamina papyracea

airy

presspahn

boards

box

📦

chipboard

mat

millboard

mount

paper

primer

Translations

Pappe

carton

cartone

cartón

Karton

karton

papelão

cartão

bordpapier

cartó

cartulina

karton

kartonnen

cartró

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɑːdbɔːd/

Etymology

From card + board.