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Definition of Cardboard
1. Adjective. Without substance. "Cardboard caricatures of historical figures"
2. Noun. A stiff moderately thick paper.
Specialized synonyms: Binder Board, Binder's Board, Card, Corrugated Board, Corrugated Cardboard, Paperboard, Poster Board, Posterboard, Pasteboard, Strawboard
Generic synonyms: Paper, Packing, Packing Material, Wadding
Definition of Cardboard
1. n. A stiff compact pasteboard of various qualities, for making cards, etc., often having a polished surface.
Definition of Cardboard
1. Noun. A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes and signs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cardboard
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cardboard
Literary usage of Cardboard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Celebrate Life!: A Guide for Planning All Night Alcohol edited by Sharon Murphy (1994)
"Lay cardboard flat and paint outside (unscored side) of cardboard with flat ...
HINT: Paint before cutting as cardboard tends to shrink after it is painted. ..."
2. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"The bases are thin deal boards painted black ; the links are neatly shaped out
of thick cardboard (it is hard work making them, you have to sharpen your ..."
3. Industrial Education: A Guide to Manual Training by Samuel Gurley Love (1889)
"The various kinds of cardboard may be bought in the same way of local ...
For practice work by beginners, the cardboard should be cut into four or five inch ..."
4. The American Dramatist by Montrose Jonas Moses (1917)
"CHAPTER IX THE cardboard PLAY AND THE WELL-MADE PLAT: AUGUSTUS THOMAS AND WILLIAM
GILLETTE THERE is no strict grievance against the outward excellence of ..."
5. The American Girl's Home Book of Work and Play by Helen Campbell (1894)
"WHOEVER learns to handle cardboard carefully, and to cut out with a steady hand the
... But cardboard is far cheaper, and also less troublesome to manage, ..."
6. The boy's own toy-maker: A Practical Illustrated Guide to the Useful by Ebenezer Landells (1859)
"Take a piece of cardboard or leather, of the shape and measurement ... To cut
the cardboard Puzzle. Double the cardboard or leather length ways down the ..."
7. John Bull and His Island by Max O'Rell (1884)
"cardboard Villas — Magic Boots — London Tradespeople—Shop ... Thanks to free-
trade, you can have a cardboard villa for two hundred pounds, ..."
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