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Paperboard

A thick paper, or thin cardboard.

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    A thick paper, or thin cardboard.

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posterboardnoun(uncountable) Cardboard material suitable for making posters.

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posterboardnoun(uncountable) Cardboard material suitable for making posters.
cardboardnounA wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons and signs.
cartonnounAn inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material.
boardnounA relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
boxnounSenses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
fibreboardnounBritish and Canada standard spelling of fiberboard. [(American spelling) A material made from wood chips or shavings, which are compressed and bonded with resin and formed into stiff sheets, and used in building or making furniture.]
sacknounA bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.
papernounA sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
jacketnounA piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
bunchnounA group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.
badgenounA distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one’s clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.
insetnounA smaller thing set into a larger thing, such as a small picture inside a larger one.
hitnounA blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
shotnounThe result of launching a projectile or bullet.
cardnounA playing card.
applicationsnoun(computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)
cartonsnounAn inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material.
paper boardnounAlternative form of paperboard. [A thick paper, or thin cardboard.]
pressboardnounA kind of highly sized rag paper or board, sometimes containing a small admixture of wood pulp.
hardboardnounA high-density chipboard.

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