- 1a picture of somebody/something that is stuck on a piece of cardboard and cut out There was a life-size cardboard cut-out of Elvis Presley in the shop window.
- 2a character in a book, film/movie, TV show, etc. who does not seem like a real person He plays the two-dimensional, cardboard cut-out villain.
cardboard cut-out
nounBrE BrE//ˌkɑːdbɔːd ˈkʌt aʊt//; NAmE NAmE//ˌkɑːrdbɔːrd ˈkʌt aʊt//
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