chad

Noun
  1. A small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape (synset 114829846)
    is a type of: paper - a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
    subtypes:
    • dimple, dimpled chad, pregnant chad - a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached
    • hanging chad - a chad that is incompletely removed and hanging by one corner
    • swinging chad - a chad that is incompletely removed and still attached at two corners
    • tri-chad - a chad that is incompletely removed and still attached at three corners
  2. A lake in north central Africa;
    Fed by the Shari river (synset 109353373)
    is an instance of: lake - a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
    is a part of: africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
    same as: lake chad
  3. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa;
    Was under French control until 1960 (synset 108737870)
    is an instance of: african country, african nation - any one of the countries occupying the African continent
    member holonym: chadian - a native or inhabitant of Chad
    has: capital of chad, fort-lamy, n'djamena, ndjamena - the capital and largest city of Chad; located in the southwestern on the Shari river
    is a part of: africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
    same as: republic of chad, tchad
  4. A family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa (synset 106998936)
    is a type of: afrasian, afrasian language, afro-asiatic, afroasiatic, afroasiatic language, hamito-semitic - a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa
    subtypes:
    • west chadic - a group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria; Hausa in the most important member
    • biu-mandara - a group of Chadic languages spoken in the border area between Cameroon and Nigeria south of Lake Chad
    • east chadic - a group of Chadic languages spoken in Chad
    • masa - an independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages
    same as: chadic, chadic language

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