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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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a stiff moderately thick paper
  Synonym: composition board

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The adjective cardboard has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: resembling cardboard especially in flimsiness
  Synonym: flimsy

Meaning #2: without substance
  Synonym: unlifelike

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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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cardboard sheets	Stackable Cardboard Storage Boxes
cardboard playhouse	Expandable Folders Cardboard