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DECK OF CARDS

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does deck of cards mean? 

DECK OF CARDS (noun)
  The noun DECK OF CARDS has 1 sense:

1. a pack of 52 playing cardsplay

  Familiarity information: DECK OF CARDS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DECK OF CARDS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A pack of 52 playing cards

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

deck; deck of cards; pack of cards

Hypernyms ("deck of cards" is a kind of...):

pack (a complete collection of similar things)

Meronyms (members of "deck of cards"):

playing card (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)

queen (one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen)

suit (playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color)


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