cardboard
/ˈkɑɹdˌbɔɹd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.66 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons and signs.
Countable; Uncountable
adj
Made of or resembling cardboard.
adj
Flat or flavorless.
Example Sentences
- "In my experience, one of the most vital times in the life of a piece of fiction is when a character begins to speak, timidly and softly, in one's head. Honest and true books get written when the author feels free to coax and invite that character in. If the author's response to that small voice is instead to submit it to a test: "Are you: black/white/gay/straight/male/female/Christian/Jewish/old/young/politically correct" the character will probably turn around and leave or else turn into cardboard."
- "According to these keyboard warriors, the young men and women who survived the shooting are part of a big hoax, are liars, are mere cardboard cutouts – “crisis actors” who roam the country looking for mass shootings from which to promote their anti-gun message – all being pushed forward by the giant liberal machine that is Hillary Clinton’s robot attack army."
- "The thing really looked quite cardboard."
- "MUMMER 3 pulls out an inflated cushion with a very cardboard crown on it."
- "The worst of the thing, however, is that the enormity, such as it is, happens to be of a very cardboard and tinsel character."
- "[…]a conventional historical drama -- one of those event-crammed sagas featuring a beautiful, plucky heroine, a mysterious, elusive lover and a cardboard supporting cast of thousands."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɑɹdˌbɔɹd/
- British English: /ˈkɑːdbɔːd/