Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Adjective

The word "cardboard" can be used as noun, adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

box box factory carton packaging packaging materials paper boxes recycle bin recycling bin warehouse

Derived Terms

cardboard box cardboard city cardboard cut-out cardboard cutout cardboarded cardboarding cardboardy corrugated cardboard

Derived From

card

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

packing packing material paper wadding

Type Of (IsA)

packing material paper paper product pressed wood or paper sheet shaped

Receives Action

made from trees recycled

Related Terms

paperboard

Related Terms

based boxes carton flat flavorless material paper paperboard signs wood

Similar Terms

artificial unreal

Synonym Network

paperboard pasteboard unlifelike

Used For

build playhouse cutting into pieces to play with flower presses insulation in packing lighting grill make box make containers making boxes making boxes for display making boxes for shipping making boxes for storage making children's houses fortresses making signs manufacture boxes packing when move shoring up windows sleeping on if homeless

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.