"cardboard cut-out" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cardboard cut-outs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cardboard cut-out (plural cardboard cut-outs)
  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. Synonyms: cardboard cutout
    Sense id: en-cardboard_cut-out-en-noun-fw~6n66Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30
  2. (figuratively) A character in a movie, book, or other work who is depicted as inauthentic, generic, or one-dimensional. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-cardboard_cut-out-en-noun-AOLChIUY

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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