card catalogue
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English
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Noun
card catalogue (plural card catalogues)
- (libraries, business) A catalogue of items (such as books, documents, or equipment) comprising a set of drawers or trays (usually a cabinet of small drawers) full of cards (index cards) on which the sundry items are indexed (that is, registered, listed, and briefly described regarding their location and other salient points).
Hypernyms
- catalogue (catalog)
- (library subclass): library catalogue (library catalog)
- index