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cardboard

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




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He steered pallet movers with stacks of plastic bins and cardboard boxes across the sprawling space.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

In France the government has pestered the public to wet their skin, drink cold soup and block windows with cardboard to beat the heat—anything to avoid resorting to AC.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

It is cold little chaos, packaged in cardboard and frost.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

The mattress was as stiff as cardboard and he was worried about his mom.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

She held out two cardboard tubes, the kind that wrapping paper came curled around.

From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon




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