cardboard — ozdic

Collocations

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(noun.)

ADJ

thick | thin | stiff | corrugated

QUANT

piece, sheet

I cut a piece of cardboard to make a simple box for storing my old books.

VERB + CARDBOARD

be made from/(out) of, make sth from/out of | cut

CARDBOARD + NOUN

box, carton, tube

cut-out

The children made cardboard cut-outs of dinosaurs for their classroom project.

Definitions

noun

1

A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons and signs.

2

Something flat or insubstantial.

In my experience, one of the most vital times in the life of a piece of fiction is when a character begins to speak, timidly and softly, in one's head. Honest and true books get written when the author feels free to coax and invite that character in. If the author's response to that small voice is instead to submit it to a test: "Are you: black/white/gay/straight/male/female/Christian/Jewish/old/young/politically correct" the character will probably turn around and leave or else turn into cardboard.

According to these keyboard warriors, the young men and women who survived the shooting are part of a big hoax, are liars, are mere cardboard cutouts – “crisis actors” who roam the country looking for mass shootings from which to promote their anti-gun message – all being pushed forward by the giant liberal machine that is Hillary Clinton’s robot attack army.

adj

1

Made of or resembling cardboard; (figurative) flat or flavorless.

The worst of the thing, however, is that the enormity, such as it is, happens to be of a very cardboard and tinsel character.

The thing really looked quite cardboard.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — without substance

unlifelike

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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In my experience, one of the most vital times in the life of a piece of fiction is when a character begins to speak, timidly and softly, in one's head. Honest and true books get written when the autho

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According to these keyboard warriors, the young men and women who survived the shooting are part of a big hoax, are liars, are mere cardboard cutouts – “crisis actors” who roam the country looking for

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03

The worst of the thing, however, is that the enormity, such as it is, happens to be of a very cardboard and tinsel character.

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04

The thing really looked quite cardboard.

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05

While Lensky’s character is quite cardboard, Onegin’s manipulations and lack of ability to call off the duel because he fears society’s jibes, Lensky’s youth and naivety, and Tatiana’s reaction to the

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06

Outside the school, she saw people with no homes living in cardboard boxes.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, cardboard is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.