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cardboard box

noun

  1. box made of paper card stock
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːd.bɔːd bɒks/ / /ˈkɑɹd.bɔɹd bɑks/

noun

Etymology: The rhyming slang sense alludes to pox.

  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.

    Near-synonyms: square, stiff, robot, NPC