cardboard sleeve

Protective paper wrap

A cardboard sleeve is a protective covering made of stiff paper, designed to slide over or wrap around an item.

Most commonly it's the insulating wrapper around a hot coffee cup, preventing burned fingers: She slipped a cardboard sleeve onto her latte.

Sleeves also protect records, CDs, and product packaging.

Related

coffee cup · coffee · cup · hot beverage · insulator · packaging · shipping box · vinyl · LP record · record · album · CD · protective · paper · corrugated · grip · hot · beverage

Opposites
container component type

cardboard sleevelid

Removable container cover

cap · bottom · base · cover · stopper

material composition

cardboard sleeveplastic sleeve

Flexible transparent document holder

metal case · rubber grip · vinyl cover

insulation approach

cardboard sleevebare hands

Ungloved, unequipped extremities

Family

card, board, cards, carded, carding, boards, boarded, boarding, boarder

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G