card stock

noun

A paper stock that is thicker and more durable than normal writing or printing paper, but thinner and more flexible than other forms of paperboard, used for postcards, playing cards, etc.

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cover stockpasteboard
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Meanings

nouncard stock (usually uncountable, plural card stocks)

plural card stocks · alternative cardstock

  1. uncountableusuallyA paper stock that is thicker and more durable than normal writing or printing paper, but thinner and more flexible than other forms of paperboard, used for postcards, playing cards, etc.

    Synonyms: cover stock, pasteboard

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA paper stock that is thicker and more durable than normal writing or printing paper, but thinner and more flexible than other forms of paperboard, used for postcards, playing cards, etc.

Similar
cover stockpasteboard
Also see
stock

Translations

Catalan cartolina
  • cartolinathick but flexible paper
French papier cartonné, bristol
  • papier cartonnéthick but flexible paper
  • bristolthick but flexible paper
Italian cartoncino
  • cartoncinothick but flexible paper
Polish brystol
  • brystolthick but flexible paper
Portuguese cartolina
  • cartolinathick but flexible paper
Spanish cartulina
  • cartulinathick but flexible paper
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “card stock,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/card%20stock.

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