cardboard

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons…

   A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons and signs.

2. 2

   Something flat or insubstantial.

3. 3

   Made of or resembling cardboard

   Made of or resembling cardboard; (figurative) flat or flavorless.

   • The worst of the thing, however, is that the enormity, such as it is, happens to be of a very cardboard and tinsel character.
   • The thing really looked quite cardboard.
   • While Lensky’s character is quite cardboard, Onegin’s manipulations and lack of ability to call off the duel because he fears society’s jibes, Lensky’s youth and naivety, and Tatiana’s reaction to the duel lend the event its gravity.

The neighborhood

• neighborpaperboard