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noun

ˈkärd How to pronounce card (audio)
Definition of cardnext
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as in menu
a list of foods served at or available for a meal the diners asked if there were any specials on the card for the evening

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2
as in comedian
a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor you're really a card, but save the jokes for after class

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card

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verb

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as in to file

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as in to rake

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Recent Examples of card
Noun
Universal Cart can surface relevant promotional codes and consider benefits associated with your payment cards. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 In addition to being able to buy, sell and trade items at stores, CardVault also offers grading services, where cards and items can be authenticated. — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
Tyrrell spent his childhood in the Carrizo Mountains, tending the family’s Navajo-Churro sheep, learning to card and spin their wool. — Jeanne Malle, Air Mail, 4 July 2026 One 56-year-old reviewer recalled being carded while buying wine and credited the serum for the mix-up. — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for card
Recent Examples of Synonyms for card
  1. menu
  2. comedian
  3. file
  4. rake
  5. book
  6. comb
  7. index
  8. catalog
Noun
  • There is a hospitality element too, with Burberry’s Tea & Coffee offering light meals with a menu that will be a contemporary take on traditional British favorites.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Some staff have a deep knowledge of the menu, wine, and products, while others seem to still be in training.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of menu
Noun
  • Her education included watching the comedian’s interviews with Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and others.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2026
  • O’Neill is a gifted physical comedian, in any case, and the pratfalls begin right early.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of comedian
Verb
  • Three outside law professors who reviewed the materials at the request of The Post said West Point's actions appear to violate the order issued by Judge Cathy Seibel in September that ended a lawsuit filed by a civilian professor at the academy.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Joao Pedro Padua, a law professor at the Fluminense Federal University, said that Bolsonaro can file a lawsuit directly with the country’s electoral authorities or the Supreme Court, asking for the elections to be declared null and void.
    — ELÉONORE HUGHES, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of file
Verb
  • For some homeowners, that means raking or blowing leaves and putting them into composting bags or on the side of the road to be hauled off to municipal compost centers.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The lines are chalked, the grass is cut and the dirt has been raked.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of rake
Verb
  • That’s likely why passengers are booking holiday travel earlier this year than in the past, said Hayley Berg, lead economist at travel site Hopper.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Sometime later, Bryski was arrested and booked into Ventura County Jail on one count of murder, according to the statement.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of book
Verb
  • Police arrested him again in April 2023 and started combing through the forest more systematically and exhuming mass graves.
    — Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Stocks, the OneLegacy nurse, realized OPOs have data that could help patients advocate for themselves, and started combing records.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of comb
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  • Research indexed by the National Institutes of Health finds that cloves are rich in antioxidants, compounds that reduce oxidative stress, a contributor to inflammation and chronic disease, and that cloves contain important vitamins and minerals.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
  • When content is indexed and retrieved for an AI assistant, its permissions often stay behind in the original system.
    — Sean Nathaniel, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of index
Verb
  • Foster estimates that cataloguing the next five decades of Rauschenberg’s output will take some twenty years.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 22 Oct. 2026
  • In the last 3 years alone, 145,000 new items have been cataloged and stored in the property room.
    — J.D. Miles, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
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“Card.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/card. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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