cardboard

(kärd'bôrd', -bōrd')
n.
A material similar to thick, stiff paper, that is made of pressed paper pulp or pasted sheets of paper. It is used for making cartons and signs, for example.

adj.

1. Made of or consisting of cardboard.
2. 1. Flimsy; insubstantial.
   2. Lacking depth; superficial: a movie with only cardboard caricatures of its historical subjects.

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Reminiscent of the flavor of cardboard. Cardboard flavor is usually a result of trace mono-enals and dienals of the C-8 to C-12 variety present at low levels. One cause is the oxidation of unsaturated fats; produced through auto-oxidation, light catalyzed oxidation, heat, or enzymes. In nature, these green compounds can form through action of indigenous enzymes, an example of which is pea flour (lipoxygenase) and beer. Cardboard-like flavor is attributed to E-2 nonenal development. Cardboard character has also been described as a trigeminal dryness due in part to tannins present. A third type of "cardboardyness" is a result of trace pyrazines. One example is the sulfur types such as thiopyrazine.

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For a list of words related to cardboard, see:

• Plastics, Paper, and Textiles - cardboard: thick, stiff material made from paper pulp; paperboard

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See words rhyming with "cardboard."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - karton
adj. - flad, stereotyp

idioms:

• cardboard city    slumområde

Nederlands (Dutch)
karton, kartonnen, onecht

Français (French)
n. - carton
adj. - de carton, en carton, (fig) de carton-pâte

idioms:

• cardboard city    zone urbaine où les sans-abri logent dans des cartons

Deutsch (German)
n. - Pappe, Karton
adj. - aus Karton, aus Pappe

idioms:

• cardboard city    Stadtgebiet, wo Obdachlose in Kartons schlafen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ναστόχαρτο, χαρτόνι
adj. - από χαρτόνι, (καθομ.) ψεύτικος, χάρτινος

idioms:

• cardboard city    πόλη με πολλούς άστεγους

Italiano (Italian)
cartone, di cartone, artificioso

idioms:

• cardboard city    bidonville

Português (Portuguese)
n. - papelão (m), cartolina (f)
adj. - artificial

idioms:

• cardboard city    local em que dormem pessoas pobres

Русский (Russian)
картон, картонный

idioms:

• cardboard city    место проживания бездомных

Español (Spanish)
n. - cartón, cartulina
adj. - de cartón o cartulina

idioms:

• cardboard city    villa miseria, barrio de chabolas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - papp, kartong
adj. - av papp/kartong

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
厚纸板, 如纸板的, 平面的, 不牢的

idioms:

• cardboard city    露宿街头者聚居的纸板屋区

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 厚紙板
adj. - 如紙板的, 平面的, 不牢的

idioms:

• cardboard city    露宿街頭者聚居的紙板屋區

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 판지
adj. - 판지의, 비현실적인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ボール紙, 厚紙
adj. - ボール紙でできた, 非現実的な

idioms:

• cardboard city    浮浪者が集まる都会の場所

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ورق مقوى, كرتون (صفه) كرتوني, خفيف, هزيل, ضعيف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קרטון, ניורת‬
adj. - ‮עשוי קרטון‬

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