card

noun
kärd

A playing card.

Other meanings

Any game using playing cards; a card game.
“He played cards with his friends.”
A resource or argument, used to achieve a purpose. See .
“The government played the Orange card to get support for their Ireland policy.”

A kind of

paper

Kinds of card

playing card
punched card
trading card

Example sentences

“Did you buy something with my credit card?”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“I've color-coded the cards for your convenience.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Ancient Greek "χάρτης" (paper, papyrus).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “card” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.