Word: Card
How to pronounce: kɑːd
Noun
Definitions:
1. A piece of thick, stiff paper or thin pasteboard, in particular one used for writing or printing on.
Example sentences: "Some notes jotted down on a card"
2. A small rectangular piece of plastic issued by a bank, containing personal data in a machine-readable form and used chiefly to obtain cash or credit.
Example sentences: "Your card cannot be used to withdraw more than your daily limit from cash machines"
3. A playing card.
Example sentences: "A deck of cards"
4. Short for expansion card
Example sentences: "Plug in your cable modem and hook up the home with PCI / PCMCIA bridges and use the PCMCIA wireless cards in all your desktop and laptop computers."
5. A program of events at a racetrack.
Example sentences: "A nine-race card"
6. A person regarded as odd or amusing.
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Write (something) on a card, especially for indexing.
Example sentences: "The carded information was then verified by a separate review."
2. Check the identity card of (someone), in particular as evidence of legal drinking age.
Example sentences: "We were carded at the entrance to the club"
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Comb and clean (raw wool, hemp fibers, or similar material) with a sharp-toothed instrument in order to disentangle the fibers before spinning.
Example sentences: "The wool from the sheep was carded and spun"
Noun
Definitions:
1. A toothed implement or machine used to comb and clean raw fibers before spinning.
Example sentences: "Distribute the wool evenly across the entire card until the teeth are barely showing through."
Synonyms:
postcard
flashcard
post card
visiting card
identity card
calling card
debit card
smart card
scorecard
board
poster
circuit card
road map
tease
carte
menu
wag
Antonyms:
discard
Derivations:
cardholder
cardboard
carder
carded
carding
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Card in Other Languages...
Spanish: Tarjeta
German: Karte
French: Carte
Italian: Carta
Turkish: Kartlar
