Card-house (original) (raw)

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Pronunciation (US): Play (GB): Play

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unstable construction with playing cardsplay

Example:

he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed

Synonyms:

card-house; cardcastle; cardhouse; house of cards

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("card-house" is a kind of...):

construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)

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