Meanings
nouncardboard box (plural cardboard boxes)
plural cardboard boxes · alternative nonstandard cardboard-box
- An industrially prefabricated box made from cardboard, primarily used for packaging goods or materials and often recycled.
- A corrugated box.
- CockneyslangSyphilis.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
The rhyming slang sense alludes to pox.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 紙盒 /纸盒
- 紙盒 /纸盒 (zi² hap²)container
Chinese Mandarin 紙箱 /纸箱, 瓦楞紙盒 /瓦楞纸盒
- 紙箱 /纸箱 (zhǐxiāng)container
- 瓦楞紙盒 /瓦楞纸盒 (wǎlèng zhǐhé)container
Danish papkasse
- papkassecontainer
Dutch kartonnen doos
- kartonnen dooscontainer
Esperanto kartona skatolo
- kartona skatolocontainer
Finnish pahvilaatikko
- pahvilaatikkocontainer
French carton
- cartoncontainer
German Pappkarton, Pappschachtel
- Pappkartoncontainer
- Pappschachtelcontainer
Greek χαρτοκιβώτιο
- χαρτοκιβώτιο (chartokivótio)container
Hungarian papírdoboz, kartondoboz
- papírdobozcontainer
- kartondobozcontainer
Icelandic pappakassi
- pappakassicontainer
Italian scatola di cartone
- scatola di cartonecontainer
Japanese 段ボール箱
- 段ボール箱 (dan bōru bako)container
Korean 골판지 상자
- 골판지 상자 (golpanji sangja)container
Malay dos
- doscontainer
Norwegian Bokmål pappeske
- pappeskecontainer
Persian کارتن
- کارتن (kârton)container
Polish karton
- kartoncontainer
Portuguese caixa de papelão
- caixa de papelãocontainer
Romanian cutie de carton
- cutie de cartoncontainer
Russian карто́нная коро́бка, карто́нка
- карто́нная коро́бка (kartónnaja koróbka)container
- карто́нка (kartónka)container
Spanish caja de cartón
- caja de cartóncontainer
Swedish kartong, pappkartong
- kartongcontainer
- pappkartongcontainer
Tagalog karton
- kartoncontainer
Tamil அட்டைப்பெட்டி
- அட்டைப்பெட்டி (aṭṭaippeṭṭi)container
Turkish karton kutu, koli
- karton kutucontainer
- kolicontainer
Cite this entry
APA
cardboard box. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cardboard%20box
MLA
“cardboard box.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cardboard%20box. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cardboard box,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cardboard%20box.
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