card - cart - chart

◊ 'card'

A card is a piece of stiff paper with information on.

Put all the details on the card.

...a membership card.

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A card is also a piece of stiff paper folded in half with a picture and a message printed on it, which you send someone on a special occasion.

...a birthday card.

They used to send me a card at Christmas time.

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You can also refer to a postcard as a card.

Send us a card so we'll know where you are.

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◊ 'cart'

A cart is a vehicle with wheels, used to carry goods along roads or tracks and usually pulled by a horse or other animal.

...a cart loaded with hay.

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◊ 'chart'

A chart is a diagram, picture, or graph which makes information easy to understand.

...large charts illustrating world poverty.

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A chart is also a map of the sea near a coast.

He had no charts for these waters.

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