cardboard

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material like very thick, stiff paper, usually pale brown in colour, used especially for making boxes:

a cardboard box

relating to something, usually a character in a film or play, that does not seem to be real or interesting:

I've never enjoyed his plays - somehow all his characters are cardboard.

very thick, stiff paper, usually pale brown in color, used esp. for making boxes:

She packed the books in a cardboard box.