card index

noun

a file or catalog consisting of cards on which information has been entered so that desired items or data can be readily found.

Origin of card index

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Words nearby card index

cardinal veins, cardinal virtue, cardinal virtues, cardinal vowel, cardinal vowels, card index, carding, carding machine, cardio, cardioaccelerator, cardioactive

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Example sentences from the Web for card index

None in his senses, I say, would emit such sophistries, for Christmas is a law unto itself and is not conducted by card-index.
Mince PieAuthor: Christopher Darlington MorleyRelease Date: October 10, 2004 [eBook #13694]|Christopher Darlington Morley
First of all he procured a card-index box capable of holding about a thousand cards.
The Book-Hunter at Home|P. B. M. Allan
The collector will also find it convenient to catalogue the books in his cases, preferably by means of a card-index system.
Book Repair and Restoration|Mitchell Buck
In this particular case the system was designed by a card-index manufacturer to create a market for card files.
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 1|Various

Here, let me give you my time-guide for baking, and you can keep it in your card-index.
A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband|Louise Bennett Weaver

British Dictionary definitions for card index

card index

card file

noun

an index in which each item is separately listed on systematically arranged cards

verb card-index

(tr) to make such an index of (a book)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	card index
释义	card index noun a file or catalog consisting of cards on which information has been entered so that desired items or data can be readily found. Origin of card index An Americanism dating back to 1840–50 Words nearby card index cardinal veins, cardinal virtue, cardinal virtues, cardinal vowel, cardinal vowels, card index, carding, carding machine, cardio, cardioaccelerator, cardioactive Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for card index None in his senses, I say, would emit such sophistries, for Christmas is a law unto itself and is not conducted by card-index. Mince PieAuthor: Christopher Darlington MorleyRelease Date: October 10, 2004 [eBook #13694]\|Christopher Darlington Morley First of all he procured a card-index box capable of holding about a thousand cards. The Book-Hunter at Home\|P. B. M. Allan The collector will also find it convenient to catalogue the books in his cases, preferably by means of a card-index system. Book Repair and Restoration\|Mitchell Buck In this particular case the system was designed by a card-index manufacturer to create a market for card files. Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 1\|Various Here, let me give you my time-guide for baking, and you can keep it in your card-index. A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband\|Louise Bennett Weaver British Dictionary definitions for card index card index card file noun an index in which each item is separately listed on systematically arranged cards verb card-index (tr) to make such an index of (a book) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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