greeting card

noun

: a piece of paper or thin cardboard having any of a variety of shapes and formats and bearing a greeting or message of sentiment

Examples of greeting card in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Most of it is the quiet, exhausting work that never makes the greeting card. — Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026

Even new toys and gadgets like greeting cards and musical children’s books given as gifts may contain button batteries or small pieces that can cause injury if ingested. — Dr. Alison Tothy, Boston Herald, 17 May 2026

Make your own greeting card at On Paper or drop 50 cents in a gumball machine for a short story from Prologue Bookshop. — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 13 May 2026

The inside of Perfect Scents, a South Plaza greeting card shop, contains dozens of photographs (both framed and unframed) with captions of owner Nancy Pell’s family. — Noelle Alviz-Gransee may 12, Kansas City Star, 12 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for greeting card

• bodyguard
• boulevard
• disregard
• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard

Kids Definition

greeting card

noun

: a decorated card with a message of goodwill that is sent usually on a special occasion