card·board
ˈkärd-ˌbȯrd 
: a material made from cellulose fiber (such as wood pulp) like paper but usually thicker
1
: made of or as if of cardboard
2
: unreal, stereotyped
a play with cardboard characters
Examples of cardboard in a Sentence
Noun
Cover the windows with cardboard.
Adjective
The play had cardboard characters.
Recent Examples on the Web
Sarah Green Carmichael, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024
Building With the 2024 NZXT H7 Flow Inside the cardboard box shown in previous photos, the H7 Flow includes six bags of screws and a bag of zip-style cable ties.
—PCMAG, 25 June 2024
Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
One older trick to protect young stems is fitting the cardboard portion of a toilet paper roll around the stem as a barrier.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2023
See all Example Sentences for cardboard 
Noun
One woman built a wall of cardboard boxes at her workstation, to try and hide.
—Sarah Green Carmichael, The Mercury News, 18 June 2024
Building With the 2024 NZXT H7 Flow Inside the cardboard box shown in previous photos, the H7 Flow includes six bags of screws and a bag of zip-style cable ties.
—PCMAG, 25 June 2024
Adjective
Her family celebrated holidays in hotels with cardboard Christmas trees.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
One older trick to protect young stems is fitting the cardboard portion of a toilet paper roll around the stem as a barrier.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2023
See all Example Sentences for cardboard
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“Cardboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cardboard. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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