card catalog

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card catalog - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  card catalog
      n 1: a library catalog in which each publication is described on
           a separate file card [syn: card catalog, card catalogue
           ]
      2: an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library)
         with a separate card for each item [syn: card index, card   catalog
         , card catalogue]