cardboard
/ˈkɑɹdˌbɔɹd/ noun B2- A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons and signs.
- Something flat or insubstantial.
- Synonym of African nutmeg (“Pycnanthus angolensis”).
Plural cardboards
From the library
I went to my work as usual at ten o’clock, but the door was shut and locked, with a little square of cardboard hammered on to the middle of the panel with a tack.
He held up a piece of white cardboard about the size of a sheet of note-paper.
We have arranged a way to signal with our candles and cardboard.
We set the candle on the window sill and make flashes by passing the cardboard back and forth.
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