card catalogue

card catalogue
noun
1. a library catalog in which each publication is described on a separate file card
Syn: ↑card catalog
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 catalog
Hypernyms: ↑file, ↑file cabinet, ↑filing cabinet
Hyponyms: ↑Rolodex

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card catalogue noun
A card index
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Main Entry:card

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card catalogue UK US noun [countable] [singular card catalogue plural card catalogues]
a card index
Thesaurus: office supplies and other stationeryhyponym

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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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