I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: paste (II) + board
1. : paperboard made by pasting together two or more sheets or plies ; broadly : paperboard especially when comparatively thin and stiff
2.
a. : visiting card
b. : playing card
c. : a railroad ticket or a ticket of admission (as to a theater or ball park)
3.
[ paste (I) + board ]
: a board on which dough is rolled : breadboard
a snowy cloth with pasteboard and rolling pin upon it — Flora Thompson
4. : a board on which a paperhanger or a paster lays the paper or work to be pasted
II. adjective
1. : made of pasteboard
a pasteboard box
2. : of inferior material, construction, or quality : flimsy , sham , unsubstantial
the glittering but pasteboard life of the palace — F. Tennyson Jesse
pasteboard romanticism — V.S.Pritchett