pasteboard

English

Etymology

paste +‎ board

Noun

pasteboard (countable and uncountable, plural pasteboards)

1. (usually uncountable) card stock
2. (computing, countable) A widget allowing multiple users to paste and share text or other items.

Translations

card stock

• Finnish: kartonki (fi)
• German: Pappkarton m, Karton (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: kartono (io)

Adjective

pasteboard (not comparable)

1. (figurative) unsubstantial; flimsy
   • 1955, The Junior Bookshelf (volume 19, page 241)

     A poor, pasteboard story. The conventional, unattractive heroine is recovering from an illness in Rome. She is discontented and sorry for herself because her planned career as a sports mistress has now to be abandoned.

References

• Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (1908).