playing card

Noun
  1. One of a pack of cards that are used to play card games (synset 103970276)
    is a type of: card - one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
    subtypes:
    • crib - the cards discarded by players at cribbage
    • ace - one of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face
    • club - a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it
    • deuce, two - one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
    • diamond - a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it
    • draw - a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
    • court card, face card, picture card - one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face
    • gaming card - one of a set of cards used in gambling games
    • heart - a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it
    • hole card - (poker) a playing card dealt face down and not revealed until the showdown
    • joker - a playing card that is usually printed with a picture of a jester
    • singleton - the playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt
    • spade - a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it
    • spot - a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value
    • stopper - (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit
    • suit - playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color
    • three, trey - one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips
    • trump, trump card - a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps
    • wild card - a playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it
    belongs to: deck, deck of cards, pack of cards - a pack of 52 playing cards
    has:
    • face - the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object)
    • pip, spot - a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)

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