ABBREVIATION: "a box or container usually made of cardboard" Crossword Clue

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ABBREVIATION: "a box or container usually made of cardboard" Crossword Answer

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CARDBOARD (noun)
1. a stiff moderately thick paper
CARDBOARD (adjective)
1. without substance
CONTAINER (noun)
1. any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

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