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cardboard 1, noun(dictionary)
cardboard 2, adjective(dictionary)
cardboard city(dictionary)

cardboard (iou)



cardboard noun & adjective. M19.
[from CARD noun2 + BOARD noun.]
A. noun.
A pasteboard used esp. for cutting cards from or for making boxes etc. M19.
fig. Something insubstantial. L19.
b. adjective.
Made of cardboard. M19.
fig. Insubstantial, artificial. L19.
Comb.: cardboard city an area where homeless people make shelters from cardboard packing cases.
cardboardy adjective = CARDBOARD adjective E20.