index-card file
1card file — noun A card index • • • Main Entry: ↑card * * * card file, a collection of systematically arranged cards which contain information: »The Zoo keeps a card file of the complete life history of each animal (Harper s) …
2index card — n. a small card, often 3 inches by 5 inches or 4 inches by 6 inches, used in preparing an index or card file, for recording notes, etc …
3index card — a card, often relatively small, as 3 × 5 in. (7.6 × 12.7 cm), used in noting or recording information and usually filed in an index. [1925 30] * * * index card UK US noun [countable] [singular index card plural index cards] one of a set of small… …
4card file — /ˈkad faɪl/ (say kahd fuyl) noun → card index …
5file — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. arrangement, classification; list, dossier, record, catalog, inventory; folder; row, column; rasp. v. t. classify, arrange, store; catalog, record; submit, deliver; rasp. See continuity, friction. II… …
6card-in|dex — card index, a file of cards referring to separate books, pictures, or other items in a collection, so arranged as to aid in finding items desired; card file; card catalog: »[He] and his people have built up a card index with details of every one… …
7card — card1 [kärd] n. [ME carde < OFr carte < ML carta, card, paper < L charta, leaf of paper, tablet < Gr chartēs, layer of papyrus; prob. < Egypt] 1. a flat, stiff piece of thick paper or thin pasteboard, usually rectangular, as a) any …
8card index — ☆ card index n. CARD FILE …
9card 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… …
10card 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… …
