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    FACE CARD

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    One of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a faceplay

    Synonyms:

    court card; face card; picture card

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("face card" is a kind of...):

    playing card (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "face card"):

    jack; knave (one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince)

    king (one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king)

    queen (one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen)

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