Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons and signs.

    Karton, Pappe

    карто́нkartón

    карто́нkartón

  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Something flat or insubstantial.

  3. (countable, uncountable)Synonym of African nutmeg (“Pycnanthus angolensis”).

More definitions
  • a stiff moderately thick paper

Examples

87 sentences
  1. Cardboard boxes rip easily.

    Картонні коробки легко рвуться.

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  2. I just bought some cardboard.

    Я щойно купив трохи картону.

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  3. This box is made of cardboard.

    ruЭта коробка сделана из картона.

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  4. Tom looked in the cardboard box.

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  5. Tom filled the room with cardboard boxes.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
material resembling heavy paper:
Русский
By meaning 1
material resembling heavy paper:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
material resembling heavy paper:

Origin

From card + board.

From card + board.

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Forms

plural: cardboards
Singularcardboard
Pluralcardboards

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • cardboard box
  • a cardboard box
  • in a cardboard

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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