cardboard cut-out

noun

A piece of card that has been cut into a particular shape, especially the shape of a person with that person depicted on it.

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Meanings

nouncardboard cut-out (plural cardboard cut-outs)

plural cardboard cut-outs · alternative cardboard cutout

  1. A piece of card that has been cut into a particular shape, especially the shape of a person with that person depicted on it.
  2. figurativelyA character in a movie, book, or other work who is depicted as inauthentic, generic, or one-dimensional.

Translations

Spanish cartón recortado
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“cardboard cut-out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cardboard%20cut-out. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cardboard cut-out,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cardboard%20cut-out.

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