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Oyster card

Oyster card noun: a contactless smart card, introduced in 2003, used to pay for public transport in the Greater London area.

Noun

Oyster card (plural Oyster cards)

  1. A contactless smart card, introduced in 2003, used to pay for public transport in the Greater London area.

Forms of Oyster card

pluralOyster cards

Origin of Oyster card

A marketing coinage; influences are said to include the security and value of the oyster's shell and pearl, the oyster beds of London's Thames estuary, and the popular idiom the world is one's oyster.

Questions about Oyster card

What does Oyster card mean?
Oyster card means a contactless smart card, introduced in 2003, used to pay for public transport in the Greater London area.
What part of speech is Oyster card?
Oyster card is a noun.
What is the plural of Oyster card?
The plural of Oyster card is Oyster cards.

Words near Oyster card in the dictionary

  1. oyster blade steak
  2. oyster blade steaks
  3. oyster blades
  4. oyster cake
  5. oyster cakes
  6. Oyster card
  7. Oyster cards
  8. Oyster Cove
  9. oyster crab
  10. oyster crabs
  11. oyster cracker

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