English Explanatory Dictionary

cardhouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A business establishment that hosts card-playing, especially one where patrons play poker.
  2. A structure of plate-like mineral deposits that rest on each other's edges.
  3. Synonym of house of cards (any sense).

Word forms

cardhouse cardhouses card house card-house

Etymology

From card + house. Piecewise doublet of charthouse.

Synonyms

house of cards
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