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• Cardboard box — Cardboard boxes are industrially prefabricated boxes, which are primarily used for packaging goods and materials. Cardboard box is a misnomer, as what most people know as cardboard boxes are actually made of corrugated fiberboard, not… …   Wikipedia

• cardboard city — noun An area in which homeless people live or sleep, using cardboard boxes, etc, as shelter • • • Main Entry: ↑cardboard * * * cardboard city UK US noun [countable] [singular cardboard city plural …   Useful english dictionary

• Cardboard City (London) — Cardboard City was the name for an area of cardboard boxes lived in by homeless people in London near Waterloo station from 1983 until 1998. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title= Cardboard City meets its Waterloo | date=1998 02 23 |… …   Wikipedia

• cardboard city — n an area in a large town or city where people who have no home sleep outside using cardboard boxes to try to keep warm …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Cardboard Box Index — An index used by some investors to gauge industrial production by using the output of cardboard boxes to predict the purchases of non durable consumer goods. This is considered to be a relatively good measure. It is estimated that nearly 75 to 80 …   Investment dictionary

• cardboard city — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cardboard city : singular cardboard city plural cardboard cities British informal an area in a city where people who have no homes make shelters from cardboard boxes …   English dictionary

• cardboard city — noun (C) an area usually in a large town or city where people who have no home sleep outside using cardboard boxes to try to keep warm …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Cardboard record — Cardboard records were a type of cheaply made phonograph record made of plastic coated thin cardboard. These discs were usually small; had poor audio quality compared to vinyl or acetate discs; and were often only marginally playable due to their …   Wikipedia

• cardboard — [kärd′bôrd΄] n. a material made of paper pulp but thicker and stiffer than paper; pasteboard: used for making cards, boxes, etc. adj. 1. of or like cardboard 2. a) insubstantial or flimsy [a cardboard empire] b) superficial or shallow [cardboard… …   English World dictionary

• Cardboard (disambiguation) — Cardboard is corrugated fiberboard, a paper based construction material consisting of a fluted corrugated sheet and one or two flat linerboards.Cardboard may also mean: *Card stock, a stiff or rigid paper stock *Paperboard, a paper like material… …   Wikipedia

• Cardboard — is a generic non specific term for a heavy duty paper based product. PaperboardPaperboard is a paper based material. It is often used for folding cartons, set up boxes, carded packaging, etc.Corrugated fiberboardCorrugated fiberboard is a… …   Wikipedia