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cardboard box

/ˈkɑːd.bɔːd bɒks/US/ˈkɑɹd.bɔɹd bɑks/

cardboard box noun: an industrially prefabricated box made from cardboard, primarily used for packaging goods or materials and often recycled.

cardboard box: an industrially prefabricated box made from cardboard, primarily used for packaging goods or...
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Noun

cardboard box (plural cardboard boxes)

  1. An industrially prefabricated box made from cardboard, primarily used for packaging goods or materials and often recycled.
  2. A corrugated box.
  3. (Cockney, slang) Syphilis.
  4. (derogatory, slang, uncommon) Someone who is very dull and uninteresting.
    • Near-synonyms: L7, square, stiff, robot, NPC
    Synonyms:
    L7, square, stiff, robot, NPC

cardboard box meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Malay and Persian

cardboard box in Tamil

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அட்டைப்பெட்டி aṭṭaippeṭṭi

cardboard box in Tagalog

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karton

cardboard box in Malay

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dos

cardboard box in Persian

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کارتن kârton

Synonyms of cardboard box

Forms of cardboard box

pluralcardboard boxes
alternative form (nonstandard)cardboard-box

Origin of cardboard box

The rhyming slang sense alludes to pox.

Words formed from cardboard box

Questions about cardboard box

What does cardboard box mean?
Cardboard box means an industrially prefabricated box made from cardboard, primarily used for packaging goods or materials and often recycled.
What is cardboard box in Tamil?
Cardboard box in Tamil is அட்டைப்பெட்டி (aṭṭaippeṭṭi). See Cardboard box meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cardboard box?
Cardboard box is a noun.
How do you pronounce cardboard box?
Cardboard box is pronounced /ˈkɑːd.bɔːd bɒks/ (UK).
What is the plural of cardboard box?
The plural of cardboard box is cardboard boxes.

Words near cardboard box in the dictionary

  1. Cardarellis
  2. Cardas
  3. cardbearer
  4. cardbearers
  5. cardboard
  6. cardboard box
  7. cardboard boxes
  8. cardboard cities
  9. cardboard city
  10. cardboard cut-out
  11. cardboard cut-outs

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