I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cardboard/wooden/plastic box
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We packed all our things into big cardboard boxes.
cardboard city
cardboard cut-out
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the sort of movie in which the characters are just cardboard cut-outs
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
large
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She shut the trunk and moved on to a large cardboard box.
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They were used to store trunks, suitcases, large misshapen cardboard boxes and broken furniture.
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Two of them consisted of a large cardboard box with a lid.
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Our cherished records were enfolded by large new cardboard boxes tied with pink tape and marked with inscrutable computer codes.
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Alternatively, make a frame out of a large piece of cardboard .
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At the base of the wardrobe, buried beneath pairs of shoes, he discovered a large cardboard carton.
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There was a large cardboard box on the floor next to the fridge.
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Once satisfied, I got a large cardboard carton and broke it open so that the development could be accurately drawn.
■ NOUN
box
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Her pups were now piled together in a cardboard box lined with an old woollen jumper and several sheets of brown paper.
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My feet are tangled in old cans and cardboard boxes .
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His gift of stolen peonies was discarded in a cardboard box , and she did not seem to mind at all.
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There remained only a cardboard box lodged behind where the journals had been.
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He had picked up one of the pups and examined it roughly before replacing it in the cardboard box with the others.
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To make one, fill a cardboard box with sand or other heavy material.
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He rested his hand on a cardboard box behind the tea chest and pushed himself up.
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McGowan walked to the car and returned with the long canvas bag and the cardboard box .
■ VERB
carry
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From the kitchens came the new master, carrying an armful of cardboard chain-mail.
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A procession of Treasure Island pirates carrying cardboard boxes bulging with beer bottles were already noisily boarding the coach.
cut
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This is cut from cardboard and should be matt black on the inside, at least.
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Elephant pizzas Cut a template of cardboard into the shape of an elephant's head.
make
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You can also use a horn or make one up out of cardboard .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By night it is lined with ragged figures, sleeping on cardboard or scraps of bubble-wrap.
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She fed the little slips of cardboard one by one into its grinding jaws.
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
box
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Next to me a lady with a perforated cardboard box .
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He has been seen in the square scooping the birds into a cardboard box 40 at a time.
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In one street, the pavement is stacked with cardboard boxes of Toshiba television sets.
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They sat on bedrolls or collapsed cardboard boxes along Park Boulevard.
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We unload the flattened cardboard boxes and other packing material.
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Mrs Vanya came back in just a few moments, carrying a very large white cardboard box .
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In the center of the room sat a stack of cardboard boxes that had once held equipment.
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He opened the cardboard box and took out each item, greeting each like an old friend.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Most of these romantic novels are full of cardboard characters.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Frank Gauci steps off the Callisto into the coldest winter ever clutching a cardboard suitcase.
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He put the papers into a cardboard folder and tied it with a red ribbon.
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In one street, the pavement is stacked with cardboard boxes of Toshiba television sets.
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The cedar lining that once protected fine cigars from deteriorating is equally efficacious at preserving cardboard rectangles from insect damage.
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Then there's the furniture, notably the super-curvy bentwood chairs for Knoll and the cardboard stuff for Vitra.