COURT CARD

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

One of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face

Synonyms:

court card; face card; picture card

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("court card" is a kind of...):

playing card (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "court card"):

jack; knave (one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince)

king (one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king)

queen (one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen)