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note card

noun

Definition of note card

1 : a card with notes on it
  • You may use note cards during your speech.
2 : a thick piece of paper that is usually folded in half and decorated on the outside but blank inside for writing a message
  • bought a box of note cards

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note play

  1. : to notice or observe with care

  2. : to record or preserve in writing

  3. : to make special mention of or remark on

  1. : melody, song

  2. : tone

  3. : call, sound

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card play

  1. : to cleanse, disentangle, and collect together (fibers) by the use of cards preparatory to spinning

  1. : an instrument or machine for carding fibers that consists usually of bent wire teeth set closely in rows in a thick piece of leather fastened to a back

  2. : an implement for raising a nap on cloth

  1. : playing card

  2. : a game played with cards

  3. : card playing

  1. : to place or fasten on or by means of a card

  2. : to provide with a card

  3. : to list or record on a card

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