boxboard
/ˈbäks-ˌbȯrd/ (ame, mw)
boxboard — noun
1. a stiff paper material that can be cut and folded to make cartons and other boxe
a stiff paper material that can be cut and folded to make cartons and other boxes.
Brooke cut the toy house walls from thick boxboard on Sunday.
pattern: cut [shape] from boxboard
The bakery packs its cookies in plain white boxboard boxes.
collocation: boxboard boxes / cartons
Takeshi stacked sheets of boxboard beside the machine before lunch.
A wet corner of the boxboard bent under the heavy jam jars.
The printer used recycled boxboard for the new cereal boxes.
- paperboard
broader term for thick paper used in packaging
- cardboard
more general everyday word; boxboard is a packaging type
- plastic
a synthetic packaging material rather than thick paper
文法句型
a sheet of boxboard
made of boxboard
cut from boxboard
用法筆記
Usually uncountable when naming the material itself. Use 'sheet(s) of boxboard' for separate pieces, or name the finished object, such as a carton or cereal box.