/ English Dictionary |
CARDHOUSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unstable construction with playing cards
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 ("cardhouse" is a kind of...):
construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)