cardboard
/ˈkɑrdbɔrd/
noun
- A stiff, thick paper material used for making boxes, packaging, and other containers.
- The pizza came in a flat cardboard box.
- She cut a piece of cardboard to use as a backing for her drawing.
- We recycled all the cardboard from the moving boxes.
Synonyms
adjective
- Made of or resembling cardboard.
- He wore a cardboard crown for the school play.
- The children built a cardboard castle in the living room.
- The model airplane was made from a cardboard tube.
- Lacking depth, realism, or interest; flat or artificial.
- Her speech felt cardboard, full of empty promises.
- The dialogue was so cardboard that nobody believed the actors.
- The villain in the movie was a cardboard character with no real motivation.