だんボール
Meanings
1
corrugated cardboard; cardboard box
usually written using kana alone
Refers to the material itself or, by extension, a box made of it. Often written in katakana.
I pack moving items into cardboard boxes.
Please put this cardboard out for recycling.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉を段ボールに入れるto put things into a cardboard box
I put the books in a cardboard box and shipped them.
- 段ボールを畳むto flatten/fold up a cardboard box (for recycling)
I folded up the used cardboard boxes and stacked them together.
- 段ボールで〈物〉を作るto make something out of cardboard
I made a rocket out of cardboard with my kid.
- 段ボールを潰すto crush/flatten a cardboard box (for disposal)
On garbage day I crushed the cardboard boxes and put them out.