a pack of cards

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• pack of cards — noun a pack of 52 playing cards • Syn: ↑deck of cards, ↑deck • Hypernyms: ↑pack • Member Meronyms: ↑playing card, ↑queen, ↑suit …   Useful english dictionary

• pack of cards — set of playing cards …   English contemporary dictionary

• Pack — may refer to: Backpack Pack (canine), family structure of wild animals of the biological family Canidae Pack hunter, other animals that hunt in a group Cub scouts group, or a group or gang in a larger sense, as in Leader of the Pack. Playing… …   Wikipedia

• pack — pack1 W3S2 [pæk] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(clothes)¦ 2¦(goods)¦ 3¦(crowd)¦ 4¦(protect something)¦ 5¦(snow/soil etc)¦ 6 pack your bags 7 pack a gun 8 pack a (hard/hefty/strong etc) punch Phrasal verbs 　pack something<=>away …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pack — pack1 [ pæk ] verb *** ▸ 1 put in container to move ▸ 2 protect in container ▸ 3 fill place completely ▸ 4 press to hard solid mass ▸ 5 carry gun ▸ 6 meeting/committee ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive or transitive to put your possessions into a bag …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pack — [[t]pæ̱k[/t]] ♦♦ packs, packing, packed 1) VERB When you pack a bag, you put clothes and other things into it, because you are leaving a place or going on holiday. [V n] When I was 17, I packed my bags and left home... [V n] I decided to pack a… …   English dictionary

• pack — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 (esp. AmE) container holding goods ADJECTIVE ▪ cigarette (esp. AmE) (usually cigarette packet in BrE) ▪ blister ▪ gift, sample (BrE) …   Collocations dictionary

• pack — I UK [pæk] / US verb Word forms pack : present tense I/you/we/they pack he/she/it packs present participle packing past tense packed past participle packed *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to put your possessions into a bag, case, or box so that… …   English dictionary

• cards, playing —    Invented in the 14th century, and a popular pastime ever since for both pleasure and profit. It is hardly surprising that numerous superstitions concerning card playing have been reported, including, for example: sitting *cross legged,… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• cards —   Nā pepa, pepa hahau (playing).    ♦ Stack, deck, or pack of cards, pu u pepa.    ♦ Hand of cards, ha awina pepa.    ♦ To play cards, pā ani pepa.   See card, game …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• Pack — (p[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Packed} (p[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Packing}.] [Akin to D. pakken, G. packen, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakka. See {Pack}, n.] 1. To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English