cardboard
A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes,…A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons and signs.
» Cardboard boxes rip easily.
Картонні коробки легко рвуться.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons and signs.
Karton, Pappe
карто́нkartón
карто́нkartón
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Something flat or insubstantial.
(countable, uncountable)Synonym of African nutmeg (“Pycnanthus angolensis”).
- a stiff moderately thick paper
Examples
87 sentencesCardboard boxes rip easily.
Картонні коробки легко рвуться.
I just bought some cardboard.
Я щойно купив трохи картону.
This box is made of cardboard.
ruЭта коробка сделана из картона.
Tom looked in the cardboard box.
Tom filled the room with cardboard boxes.
Translations
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Origin
From card + board.From card + board.
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Forms
plural: cardboards| Singular | cardboard |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- a stiff moderately thick paper:composition board
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
3 patterns- cardboard box
- a cardboard box
- in a cardboard