"card catalogue" meaning in English

See card catalogue in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: card catalogues [plural], card catalog [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} card catalogue (plural card catalogues)
  1. (libraries, business, chiefly historical) A collection of cards, arranged alphabetically or numerically, listing and describing materials, such as (especially) books and periodicals in a library's collections or the stock and equipment of some businesses. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Business Related terms: back catalog, back catalogue, index card, notecard

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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