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card catalogues

card catalogues is the plural of card catalogue.

Meaning of card catalogue

Noun

card catalogue (plural card catalogues)

  1. (historical, libraries) A collection of cards, arranged alphabetically or numerically, listing and describing materials, such as (especially) books and periodicals in a library's collections or the stock and equipment of some businesses.
    • Near-synonym: card index
    Synonyms:
    card index

Questions about card catalogues

What is card catalogues the plural of?
Card catalogues is the plural of card catalogue.

Words near card catalogues in the dictionary

  1. card assemblies
  2. card assembly
  3. card catalog
  4. card catalogs
  5. card catalogue
  6. card catalogues
  7. card clash
  8. card counter
  9. card counters
  10. card counting
  11. card file

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Adapted from Wiktionary: card catalogues (page history and authors); card catalogue (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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