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Antonyms for cardboard


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : kahrd-bawrd, -bohrd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɑrdˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd



Definition of cardboard

Origin :
  • 1848, from card (n.) + board (n.1). Figurative sense is from 1893. An earlier word for the same stuff was card paper (1777).
  • As in paper : adj thin, flimsy
  • As in ponderous : adj dreary, tedious
  • As in card : noun piece of paper, often with purposeful writing
Example sentences :
  • There was a rush and faint roar of the flame up the chimney as the cardboard burned.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • "Just look, it's like cardboard," continued she, making one crackle between her fingers.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Monsieur Madinier's cardboard business was barely surviving.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • It takes me too long to stick all those little bits of cardboard together.
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • Here are dealers in toys, cardboard boxes, second-hand books.
  • Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
  • At length Philip came, too, with his hat in one hand and a cardboard box in the other.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • It was a cardboard box, tied about with a string, which was knotted in a peculiar way.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • His business was the manufacture on a large scale of cardboard boxes.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • You can let go of the cardboard now, as the air pressure will hold it up.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
  • Put the finger, protected by the cardboard, between the two points of the shears.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

Synonyms for cardboard

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