Question

What does the cardboard reffer to ?

Answer 1

Answer:

The word cardboard denotes the photograph pasted on a hard thick paper. This word has been used to refer to a practice in the past when photographs were pasted on cardboard and framed with glass front to preserve them.

Answer 2

Answer:

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the cardboard refers to the photograph.