cardboard
cardboard · cardboards
картон
картон
Karton, Pappe
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.
UK/ˈkɑːdbɔːd/US/ˈkɑɹdˌbɔɹd/
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”).
More definitions
- a stiff moderately thick paper
Examples
87 sentencesTranslations
9 languagesУкраїнська
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| Singular | cardboard |
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| Plural | cardboards |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- 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