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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

段ボール

Pronunciation / Transliteration: danbōru

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Paperboard/ˈpeɪ.pər.bɔːrd/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"段ボールは箱を作るために使われます。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A thick, stiff paper material used for making boxes and other packaging.

    "The company switched to using recycled paperboard for their product packaging."
  2. 2

    A type of cardboard that is made from layers of paper pulp and is used in various applications.

    "He used paperboard to create a model of the building for his architecture class."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'paperboard' combines 'paper', derived from the Latin 'papyrus', referring to a writing material made from the pith of the papyrus plant, and 'board', which comes from Old English 'bord', meaning a flat piece of material. The term has evolved to describe a thicker, more rigid form of paper used in packaging and construction since the late 19th century.

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