English Explanatory Dictionary

cardboard box

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈkɑːd.bɔːd bɒks/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cardboard box.wav /ˈkɑɹd.bɔɹd bɑks/

Word forms

cardboard box cardboard boxes cardboard-box

Etymology

The rhyming slang sense alludes to pox.

Synonyms

square stiff robot NPC

Related words

carton

Derived words

cardboard-boxy

Translations

Arabic: كرطونة Cebuano: karton Chinese Cantonese: 紙盒 /纸盒 Chinese Mandarin: 紙箱 /纸箱 Chinese Mandarin: 瓦楞紙盒 /瓦楞纸盒 Danish: papkasse Dutch: kartonnen doos Esperanto: kartona skatolo Faroese: pappeskja Faroese: pappkassi Finnish: pahvilaatikko French: carton German: Pappkarton German: Pappschachtel Greek: χαρτοκιβώτιο Hungarian: papírdoboz Hungarian: kartondoboz Icelandic: pappakassi Italian: scatola di cartone Japanese: 段ボール箱 Korean: 골판지 상자 Luxembourgish: Kartrong Malay: dos Norwegian Bokmål: pappeske Norwegian Nynorsk: pappeske Persian: کارتن Polish: karton Portuguese: caixa de papelão Romanian: cutie de carton Russian: карто́нная коро́бка Russian: карто́нка Spanish: caja de cartón Swedish: kartong Swedish: pappkartong Tagalog: karton Tamil: அட்டைப்பெட்டி Tibetan: ཤོག་སྒམ Turkish: karton kutu Turkish: koli
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