card index

1. 1.

   an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card for each item

   Synonymscard catalogcard catalogue

   Broaderfile

   NarrowerRolodex

Questions about card index

What does card index mean?

card index means "an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card for each item".

What is another word for card index?

Close synonyms include card catalog, card catalogue. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is card index a common word?

card index is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.