chad
Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from…Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc.
» Chad has the world's third-highest maternal mortality rate.
Чад занимает третье место в мире по уровню материнской смертности. — Wezel
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2 senses(uncountable)Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc.
Stanzrest, Stanzabfall
a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape
(countable)One of these pieces of paper.
Stanzrest, Stanzabfall
Examples
21 sentencesChad has the world's third-highest maternal mortality rate.
ruЧад занимает третье место в мире по уровню материнской смертности. — Wezel
Chad is a landlocked country.
Lake Chad is continuing to shrink.
ruОзеро Чад продолжает уменьшаться в размерах. — Selena777
deDer Tschadsee schrumpft weiter. — Rovo
N'Djamena is the capital of Chad.
ruНджамена - столица Чада. — marafon
Algeria has no borders with Chad.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Uncertain; possibly from the English slang term chat (“louse”). The word predates the chadUncertain; possibly from the English slang term chat (“louse”). The word predates the chadless punch, which therefore cannot be its origin, and a derivation from Scots chad (“river gravel”) stated in some dictionaries is now thought to be nothing more than guesswork.
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Forms
plural: chad / chadsSynonyms
5 synonyms- a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa:ChadicChadic language
- a landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960:Republic of ChadTchad
- a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river:Lake Chad
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable