index card

noun

plural index cards

: a rectangular piece of thick paper used especially for creating an alphabetical index

kept recipes on index cards

Examples of index card in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Keep the recipe box full of index cards or Mom's cookbook full of notes. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 June 2026

Millions of index cards, once restricted by German privacy laws and requiring a lengthy process to obtain, are now directly searchable online in German media, as of a few months ago, after the US National Archives published the surviving membership card files online. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 28 June 2026

There are index cards arrayed on most horizontal surfaces and some vertical ones—some for his next novel, some for his next movie project for Universal. — Darryn King, Vanity Fair, 19 May 2026

But an index card from The Jewish Council in Amsterdam shows that Wolfgang, just 19, was sent to the Westerbork transit camp. — Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for index card

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