A playing card is a piece of specially prepared heavy paper, thin cardboard, plastic-coated paper, cotton-paper blend, or thin plastic, marked with distinguishing motifs and used as one of a set for playing card games. Playing cards are typically palm-sized for convenient handling. A complete set of cards is called a pack (UK English), deck (US En...
one of a set of cards that are numbered or illustrated (or both) and are used for playing games, for education, for divination, and for conjuring.[2 related articles]
One card from a deck.
[n] - one of a pack of cards used in playing card games
noun one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games