"file-card" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: file-cards [plural]
Etymology: file (“cutting and smoothing tool”) + card (“material with embedded wire bristles”) Etymology templates: {{compound|en|file|card|gloss1=cutting and smoothing tool|gloss2=material with embedded wire bristles}} file (“cutting and smoothing tool”) + card (“material with embedded wire bristles”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} file-card (countable and uncountable, plural file-cards)
  1. (uncountable) Material with embedded wire teeth used for cleaning files; card-clothing Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-file-card-en-noun-D8lBWVg1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18
  2. (countable) A tool for removing debris from between the teeth of a file. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-file-card-en-noun-O-lmC6NF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: file card Related terms: teasel

Inflected forms

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