card catalog

noun

1. a library catalog in which each publication is described on a separate file card

• Syn: ↑card catalogue

• Hypernyms: ↑library catalog, ↑library catalogue

2. an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card for each item

• Syn: ↑card index, ↑card catalogue

• Hypernyms: ↑file, ↑file cabinet, ↑filing cabinet

• Hyponyms: ↑Rolodex

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noun

Etymology: card (III)

: a catalog (as of books) the entries in which are on cards

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a file of cards of uniform size arranged in some definite order and listing the items in the collection of a library or group of libraries, each card typically identifying a single item.

[1850-55, Amer.]

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card catalog or card catalogue,

1. a catalog in the form of a card index for helping people find books in a library, information in a file, or items in a collection, each book or item being entered on a separate card: »Guided by the attendant to a bank of mahogany card catalogue files at one end of the room, he began flicking his way through them knowingly (New Yorker).

2. any card index: »a card catalog of paintings.

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noun, pl ⋯ -logs [count]

US : a set of cards in a library that have information about books, journals, etc., written on them and are arranged in alphabetical order — called also (Brit) card index

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ˈcard catalog [card catalog] (NAmE) (BrE ˈcard index, index) noun

a box of cards with information on them, arranged in alphabetical order

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card catalog — card .catalog n AmE a box of cards that contain information about something and are arranged in order, especially the cards with book information on them in a library British Equivalent: card index … Dictionary of contemporary English
card catalog — card ,catalog noun count a box of cards, each of which has different information on it, usually arranged in alphabetical order in a library … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
card catalog — card′ cat alog n. lib a file of cards listing the items in the collection of a library • Etymology: 1850–55, amer … From formal English to slang
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card catalog — noun (C) AmE a box of cards that contain information about something and are arranged in order, for example in a library; card index BrE … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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