NOUN | substance | chad | a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape |
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object | Chad, Lake Chad | a lake in north central Africa | |
location | Chad, Republic of Chad, Tchad | a landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa | |
communication | Chad, Chadic, Chadic language | a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa |
Sounds | chae'd | |
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Rhymes | ad / AD ... Volgograd: 52 rhymes with aed... |
Meaning | A small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape. | |
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Narrower | dimpled chad, pregnant chad, dimple | 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 | |
Broader | paper | A material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses |
Meaning | A lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river. | |
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Synonym | Lake Chad | |
Instance of | lake | A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land |
Part of | Africa | The second largest continent |
Spanish | Chad, lago Chad, Lake Chad | |
Catalan | Chad, Txad |
Meaning | A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960. | |
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Synonyms | Republic of Chad, Tchad | |
Instance of | African country, African nation | Any one of the countries occupying the African continent |
Members | Chadian | A native or inhabitant of Chad |
Part of | Africa | The second largest continent |
Parts | N'Djamena, Ndjamena, Fort-Lamy, capital of Chad | The capital and largest city of Chad |
Spanish | Chad, Tchad | |
Catalan | txad, Txad | |
Adjectives | Chadian | of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language |
Meaning | A family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa. | |
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Synonyms | Chadic, Chadic language | |
Narrower | 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 | |
West Chadic | A group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria | |
Broader | Afroasiatic, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language, Afrasian, Afrasian language, Hamito-Semitic | A large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa |
Spanish | lengua chádica |
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