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cardboards

cardboards is the plural of cardboard.

Meaning of cardboard

Noun

cardboard (countable and uncountable, plural cardboards)

  1. A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons and signs.
  2. (figuratively) Something flat or insubstantial.
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  3. Synonym of African nutmeg (“Pycnanthus angolensis”).
    Synonyms:
    African nutmeg

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Phrases with cardboards

Questions about cardboards

What is cardboards the plural of?
Cardboards is the plural of cardboard.

Words near cardboards in the dictionary

  1. cardboard-box
  2. cardboard-boxes
  3. cardboard-boxy
  4. cardboarded
  5. cardboarding
  6. cardboards
  7. cardboardy
  8. cardbox
  9. cardboxed
  10. cardboxes
  11. cardboxing

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