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card·board

(kärd′bôrd′)

A material similar to thick, stiff paper, that is made of pressed paper pulp or pasted sheets of paper. It is used for making cartons and signs, for example.

adj.

1. Made of or consisting of cardboard.

a. Flimsy; insubstantial.

b. Lacking depth; superficial: a movie with only cardboard caricatures of its historical subjects.

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cardboard

(ˈkɑːdˌbɔːd)

a. a thin stiff board made from paper pulp and used esp for making cartons

b. (as modifier): cardboard boxes.

adj

(prenominal) without substance: a cardboard smile; a cardboard general.

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card•board

(ˈkɑrdˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd)

n.

1. a thin, stiff pasteboard, used for signs, boxes, etc.

adj.

2. resembling cardboard, esp. in flimsiness: an apartment with cardboard walls.

3. not fully lifelike; two-dimensional: a silly movie with a cardboard hero.

[1840–50]

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Noun	1.	cardboard - a stiff moderately thick paper composition board binder board, binder's board - a cardboard used by bookbinders to make covers for books card - thin cardboard, usually rectangular corrugated board, corrugated cardboard - cardboard with corrugations (can be glued to flat cardboard on one or both sides) paperboard, poster board, posterboard - a cardboard suitable for making posters pasteboard - stiff cardboard made by pasting together layers of paper strawboard - a coarse yellow cardboard made of straw pulp paper - a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses packing, packing material, wadding - any material used especially to protect something
Adj.	1.	cardboard - without substance; "cardboard caricatures of historical figures" unlifelike artificial, unreal - contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"

Translations

وَرَقُ اللعِبوَرَقٌ مَقَوَّى

kartonlepenka

pappap-

pahvikartonki

karton

kartonpapír

pappi

cartone

ボール紙

판지

kartónový

karton

papp

กระดาษแข็ง

mukavva karton

bìa các tông

卡纸板卡纸板的硬纸板硬纸板的纸板

cardboard

[ˈkɑːdbɔːd]

A. N → cartón m; (thin) → cartulina f

B. CPD cardboard box N → caja f de cartón
cardboard city N área en la que los vagabundos duermen a la intemperie → zona f de chabolas
cardboard cut-out N → figura f de cartón

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cardboard

[ˈkɑː^rdbɔː^rd] n → carton mcard-carrying member [ˈkɑːdkærɪɪŋ] n (= active member) → membre m actifcard game n

(bridge, poker, whist) → jeu m de cartes

(= game, contest) → partie f de cartescardholder [ˈkɑː^rdhəʊldə^r] n [credit cards] → titulaire mf de carte de crédit

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cardboard

[ˈkɑːdˌbɔːd] n → cartone m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

card

(kaːd) noun

1. thick paper or thin board. shapes cut out from card.

2. (also ˈplaying card) a small piece of such paper etc with designs, used in playing certain games. a pack of cards.

3. a similar object used for eg sending greetings, showing membership of an organization, storing information etc. a birthday card; a membership card; a business card.

cards noun singular

the game(s) played with playing-cards. He cheats at cards.

ˈcardboard noun, adjective

(of) a stiff kind of paper often made up of several layers. a cardboard box.

cardboard

→ وَرَقٌ مَقَوَّى karton pap Pappe χαρτόνι cartón pahvi carton karton cartone ボール紙 판지 karton kartong tektura papelão картон papp กระดาษแข็ง mukavva bìa các tông 纸板

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And back of the trees were rows of cardboard houses, painted in various colors but most of them having green blinds.

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There were many other playthings on the table on which they were being set out, but the nicest of all was a pretty little castle made of cardboard, with windows through which you could see into the rooms.

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One of them, which had arrived too late for the funeral, lay in its cardboard box on the hall-table.

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No useless coffin enclosed his breast but he reposed in a neat cardboard box.

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One Mrs Veneering and one Mr and Mrs Veneering requesting that additional honour, instantly do penance in white cardboard on the hall table.

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Just then some masks from outside invaded the cafe, dancing hand in hand in a single file led by a burly man with a cardboard nose.

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We have arranged a way to signal with our candles and cardboard. We set the candle on the window sill and make flashes by passing the cardboard back and forth.