card

card
n.

1) a boxing; calling, visiting; credit; filing; identity; index (AE), record (BE); library (AE); membership; playing; postal; race (BE), racing (AE); ration; time card

2) a boarding card (for boarding a plane)

3) a report card (AE; BE has school report)

4) a trump card (also fig.) ('advantage')

5) a flash card (used as a teaching aid)

6) an anniversary; birthday; Christmas; confirmation; Easter; get-well; graduation; greeting; Hanukkah; New Year's; sympathy card

7) (misc.) a drawing card ('one who attracts large audiences')

* * *
[kɑːd]
Easter
Hanukkah
New Year's
calling
get-well
postal
sympathy card
time card
visiting
index (AE)
library (AE)
racing (AE)
race (BE)
record (BE)
a boxing
an anniversary
a trump card ('advantage'; also fig.)
(misc.) a drawing card ('one who attracts large audiences')
a report card (AE; BE has school report)
a boarding card (for boarding a plane)
a flash card (used as a teaching aid)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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