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card (enc)

Card

Noun1.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 used in playing 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
2.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"
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
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
5.card - 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
6.card - a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement; "a poster advertised the coming attractions"
sign - a public display of a (usually written) 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 of pictures that are flashed to a class by the teacher
7.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)
8.card - (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 recordbooks"
9.cardcard - 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
10.card - (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, ball - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empy 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"
11.card - 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
Verb1.card - separate the fibers of; "tease wool"
separate - divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff"
2.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, ensure, ascertain, 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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