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# cardboard

noun (cardboard); adjective (cardboard)

«cardboard» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Cardboard is thick, stiff paper used to make boxes, packaging and models. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cardboard/#m1)
2. A cardboard character (in a story) is one who seems flat and not real. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cardboard/#m2)

### In the lessons

In design and technology and art lessons, children make models from cardboard boxes and tubes. In science, cardboard is a material made from wood pulp; it is light and can be recycled, but it is weak when wet. In eco lessons, cardboard goes in the recycling. Phrases: «cardboard box», «cardboard tube», «corrugated cardboard», «cardboard cut-out».

### Examples

- We made a castle from cardboard boxes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cardboard/#x1)
- Put the cardboard in the recycling bin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cardboard/#x2)
- Cardboard goes soggy in the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cardboard/#x3)
- The toy came in a cardboard box. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cardboard/#x4)
- Cut out a cardboard circle for the wheel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cardboard/#x5)
- Corrugated cardboard has wavy layers inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cardboard/#x6)
- We used cardboard tubes for the telescopes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cardboard/#x7)
- The villain in the story was a cardboard character. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cardboard/#x8)
- Generals in full uniform leading regiments of cardboard soldiers passed by. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cardboard/#x9)

### Note

Uncountable: «a piece of cardboard» or «a cardboard box», not «a cardboard» for the material. One word. In science, cardboard is opaque and does not conduct electricity.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cardboard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cardboard/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cardboard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cardboard.html) on Mova free.