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cardboard

[kahrd-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈkɑrdˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /
ADJECTIVE
paper
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK




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When she and her gardener sheet-mulched the front yard with cardboard Amazon boxes she had collected from her neighbors in October, one neighbor joked that it looked ready for Halloween.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The model - which is made from recycled cardboard - depicts the businesses that were affected by the blaze.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The package will arrive on time, in unmarked brown cardboard, in two days.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

Adams’s process for designing his own products is decidedly analog: He uses scissors, cardboard and tape to make models.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

There was a battered table and chair and some cardboard boxes of junk.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis




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