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cardboard city

cardboard city noun: an area of a town where the homeless gather at night to shelter under makeshift constructions of discarded boxes and packing material.

Noun

cardboard city (plural cardboard cities)

  1. An area of a town where the homeless gather at night to shelter under makeshift constructions of discarded boxes and packing material.

Forms of cardboard city

pluralcardboard cities

Questions about cardboard city

What does cardboard city mean?
Cardboard city means an area of a town where the homeless gather at night to shelter under makeshift constructions of discarded boxes and packing material.
What part of speech is cardboard city?
Cardboard city is a noun.
What is the plural of cardboard city?
The plural of cardboard city is cardboard cities.

Words near cardboard city in the dictionary

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

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