CARTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carte mean? 

• CARTE (noun)
  The noun CARTE has 1 sense:

1. a list of dishes available at a restaurant

  Familiarity information: CARTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A list of dishes available at a restaurant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bill of fare; card; carte; carte du jour; menu

Context example:

the menu was in French

Hypernyms ("carte" is a kind of...):

bill (a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carte"):

a la carte (a menu having individual dishes listed with separate prices)

prix fixe (a menu listing fixed meals at fixed prices)

table d'hote (a menu offering a complete meal with limited choices at a fixed price)

 Context examples 

When you get to the new moon near your birthday, that new moon is carte blanch, to use any way you please.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)