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cardboard cut-out

cardboard cut-out noun: a piece of card that has been cut into a particular shape, especially the shape of a person with that person depicted on it.

Noun

cardboard cut-out (plural cardboard cut-outs)

  1. A piece of card that has been cut into a particular shape, especially the shape of a person with that person depicted on it.
  2. (figuratively) A character in a movie, book, or other work who is depicted as inauthentic, generic, or one-dimensional.

Forms of cardboard cut-out

pluralcardboard cut-outs
alternative formcardboard cutout

Questions about cardboard cut-out

What does cardboard cut-out mean?
Cardboard cut-out means a piece of card that has been cut into a particular shape, especially the shape of a person with that person depicted on it.
What part of speech is cardboard cut-out?
Cardboard cut-out is a noun.
What is the plural of cardboard cut-out?
The plural of cardboard cut-out is cardboard cut-outs.

Words near cardboard cut-out in the dictionary

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

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