An alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card for each item.
synonyms: card catalog, card catalogue.
Roget 86:
list,
catalog,
catalogue,
inventory;
register
etc.
(record)
551.
account;
bill,
bill of costs;
terrier;
tally,
listing,
itemization;
atlas;
book,
ledger;
catalogue raisonne [Fr.];
tableau;
invoice,
bill of lading;
prospectus;
bill of fare,
menu,
carte [Fr.];
score,
census,
statistics,
returns.
[list of topics in a document]
contents,
table of contents,
outline;
synopsis.
[written list used as an aid to memory]
checklist.
table,
chart,
database;
index,
inverted file,
word list,
concordance.
dictionary,
lexicon;
vocabulary,
glossary;
thesaurus.
file,
card index,
card file,
rolodex,
address book.
Red book,
Blue book,
Domesday book;
cadastre [Fr.];
directory,
gazetter†.
almanac;
army list,
clergy list,
civil service list,
navy list;
Almanach de Gotha†,
cadaster;
Lloyd's register,
nautical almanac;
who's who;
Guiness's Book of World Records.
roll;
check roll,
checker roll,
bead roll;
muster roll,
muster book;
roster,
panel,
jury list;
cartulary,
diptych.
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Dutch: cartotheek, kaartregister, kaartsysteem
Polish: kartoteka