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noun
A business establishment that hosts card-playing, especially one where patrons play poker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A structure of plate-like mineral deposits that rest on each other's edges.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, uncountable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
Synonym of house of cards (any sense).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: house of cards
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noun
an unstable construction with playing cards
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: house of cards, card-house, cardcastle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: structure, construction
History
From card + house. Piecewise doublet of charthouse.
