cardboard box

See also: cardboard-box

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːd.bɔːd bɒks/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹd.bɔɹd bɑks/

Noun

cardboard box (plural cardboard boxes)

  1. An industrially prefabricated box made from cardboard, primarily used for packaging goods or materials and often recycled.
  2. A corrugated box.
  3. (Cockney rhyming slang) Syphilis.
  4. (slang, derogatory, uncommon) Someone who is very dull and uninteresting.

Usage notes

  • Many industry specialists seek to distinguish between cardboard box and corrugated box, using the term cardboard box only to describe boxes made from cardboard. [1]

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