Cardboard

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Cardboard is a generic term for a heavy duty paper based product.

[edit] Paperboard

Main article: Paperboard

Paperboard is a paper-based material. It is often used for folding cartons, set-up boxes, carded packaging, etc. Cardboard is made out of stiff paperboard. Cardboard boxes are made out of corrugated filler board, not cardboard.

[edit] Corrugated fiberboard

Main article: Corrugated fiberboard

Corrugated fiberboard is a combination of bodies, usually two flat bodies and one inner intestined corrugated medium. It is often used for making corrugated boxes for shipping products.

[edit] Cards

Main article: Card

Main article: Card stock

Various types of cards are available. Some are made from heavy paper stock, which may be called "cardboard." Corrugated fiberboard is what cardboard boxes are made of.