| card | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. card | one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.; "he collected cards and traded them with the other boys" |
| ~ playing card | one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games. |
| ~ hollerith card, punch card, punched card | a card on which data can be recorded in the form of punched holes. |
| ~ tarot, tarot card | any of a set of (usually 72) cards that include 22 cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc.; used by fortunetellers. |
| ~ trading card | a card with a picture on it; collected and traded by children. |
| ~ paper | a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses. |
| n. (communication) | 2. card, identity card | a card certifying the identity of the bearer.; "he had to show his card to get in" |
| ~ business card | a card on which are printed the person's name and business affiliation. |
| ~ donor card | a card that you carry on your person and that authorizes the use of your organs for transplantation after your death. |
| ~ keycard | a plastic card that has a magnetically coded strip that is scanned in order to operate a mechanism. |
| ~ membership card | a card certifying membership in an organization. |
| ~ borrower's card, library card | a card certifying the bearer's right to use the library. |
| ~ ration card | a card certifying the bearer's right to purchase rationed goods. |
| ~ positive identification | evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance.; "a system for positive identification can prevent the use of a single identity by several people" |
| n. (communication) | 3. card | a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures).; "they sent us a card from Miami" |
| ~ correspondence | communication by the exchange of letters. |
| ~ get-well card | a card expressing get-well wishes. |
| ~ greeting card | a card sent to express personal greetings. |
| ~ mailing-card, post card, postal card, postcard | a card for sending messages by post without an envelope. |
| ~ sympathy card | a card expressing sympathy. |
| n. (substance) | 4. card | thin cardboard, usually rectangular. |
| ~ timecard | a card used with a time clock to record an employee's starting and quitting times each day. |
| ~ cardboard, composition board | a stiff moderately thick paper. |
| n. (person) | 5. card, wag, wit | a witty amusing person who makes jokes. |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ humorist, humourist | someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way. |
| n. (communication) | 6. bill, card, notice, placard, poster, posting | a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement.; "a poster advertised the coming attractions" |
| ~ sign | a public display of a message.; "he posted signs in all the shop windows" |
| ~ show bill, show card, theatrical poster | a poster advertising a show or play. |
| ~ flash card, flashcard | a card with words or numbers or pictures that is flashed to a class by the teacher. |
| n. (communication) | 7. calling card, card, visiting card | a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited. |
| ~ greeting, salutation | (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting). |
| n. (communication) | 8. card, scorecard | (golf) a record of scores (as in golf).; "you have to turn in your card to get a handicap" |
| ~ golf, golf game | a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes. |
| ~ record book, book, record | a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone.; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the record books" |
| n. (communication) | 9. bill of fare, card, carte, carte du jour, menu | a list of dishes available at a restaurant.; "the menu was in French" |
| ~ bill | a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare). |
| ~ a la carte | a menu having individual dishes listed with separate prices. |
| ~ prix fixe | a menu listing fixed meals at fixed prices. |
| ~ table d'hote | a menu offering a complete meal with limited choices at a fixed price. |
| n. (communication) | 10. batting order, card, lineup | (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat.; "the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate" |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| ~ cleanup position, cleanup spot, cleanup | (baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team). |
| ~ roster, roll | a list of names.; "his name was struck off the rolls" |
| n. (artifact) | 11. add-in, board, card, circuit board, circuit card, plug-in | a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities. |
| ~ cpu board, mother board | the main circuit board for a computer. |
| ~ pc board | a removable circuit board for a personal computer; fits into a slot in the mother board. |
| ~ printed circuit | computer circuit consisting of an electronic sub-assembly; copper conductors are laminated on an insulating board or card and circuit components are inserted into holes and dip soldered. |
| v. (contact) | 12. card, tease | separate the fibers of.; "tease wool" |
| ~ separate | divide into components or constituents.; "Separate the wheat from the chaff" |
| v. (cognition) | 13. card | ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor.; "I was carded when I tried to buy a beer!" |
| ~ insure, see to it, ascertain, ensure, check, assure, control, see | be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something.; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product" |
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