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cardboard

Definition

  • noun: a stiff and thick kind of paper that is used especially for making boxes
  • noun: a material made from cellulose fiber (as wood pulp) like paper but usually thicker
  • synonyms: pasteboard, unreal, artificial

Examples

  • The play had 'cardboard' characters.

  • Cover the windows with 'cardboard'.

  • a piece of 'cardboard'

Movie quotes

  • (..) ♪ Wade in the water ♪ ♪ Children ♪ ♪ Yesterday it was a plantation ♪ ♪ Today it's a city street ♪ ♪ See the homeless brothers and sisters ♪ ♪ Livin' in a cardboard, nothin' to eat ♪ ♪ Can't get no home without a job ♪ ♪ Can't get no job without a home ♪ (..)
    1994 The Glass Shield