cardhouse
A business establishment that hosts card-playing, especially one where patrons play pokerA business establishment that hosts card-playing, especially one where patrons play poker.
Meaning
3 senses(countable)A business establishment that hosts card-playing, especially one where patrons play poker.
(attributive, uncountable)A structure of plate-like mineral deposits that rest on each other's edges.
(countable)Synonym of house of cards (any sense).
- an unstable construction with playing cards
Origin
From card + house. Piecewise doublet of charthouse.From card + house. Piecewise doublet of charthouse.
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Forms
plural: cardhousesSynonyms
3 synonyms- an unstable construction with playing cards:house of cardscard-housecardcastle
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.