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Meanings of cardboard in English

Portuguese
cartão
Catalan
cartó
Spanish
cartón ondulado

A stiff moderately thick paper.

        cartão

        Without substance.

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              Examples for "composition board"
              Examples for "composition board"
              1
              Between them was drilled white composition board .
              The talisman
              2
              This was mounted in sections, on a piece of composition board, and hung on the wall for convenient reference.
              Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LX...
              Usage of cardboard in English
              1
              Place this cardboard in the bottom of the spider under the water.
              The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
              2
              A hole is cut in the center of the paper or cardboard.
              The Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses
              3
              The cardboard box that used to hold the cake was also empty.
              Hot six
              4
              Rodas placed a palm on the cardboard box holding his case notes.
              Bones Never Lie
              5
              However, peering into a plastic or cardboard viewer is back in fashion.
              Radio NZ
              6
              I brought him home in a cardboard box and named him Shaun.
              Marley & me: life and love with the world's worst dog
              7
              Thanks for joining me and good luck making your own cardboard creations.
              Wired
              8
              Cabinet drawers pulled out into the floor, paper and bloated cardboard boxes.
              The road
              9
              The Professor then suddenly removed the green cardboard shade from the lamp.
              Masques & Phases
              10
              They were wrapped in paper in a cardboard box in my rucksack.
              A Farewell to Arms
              11
              The needle in the haystack, or in this case, the cardboard box.
              Beautiful creatures
              12
              They scrawl makeshift ads on strips of cardboard: 2003 model, one owner.
              Country driving: a journey through china from farm to factory
              13
              He drew the red cardboard from his pocket and turned it over.
              Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
              14
              The band's name and a serial number were embossed in the cardboard.
              Wired
              15
              I went right through that thin cardboard and into a garage somewhere.
              The Guardian
              16
              A downgrade for them would be a cardboard box with a view.
              Dangerous Women
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              Translations for cardboard
              Portuguese
              cartãopapelão
              Catalan
              cartó
              Cardboard through the time
              Cardboard across language varieties
              Australia
              Common
              United States of America
              Common
              Ireland
              Common
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