greeting card

noun

: a piece of paper or thin cardboard having any of a variety of shapes and formats and bearing a greeting or message of sentiment

Examples of greeting card in a Sentence

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The products varies from puzzles and small silverware, to bed linen and wooly yarn, to Papyrus greeting cards and small gift bags. Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 22 June 2025 Care Bears got their start on greeting cards in the early 1980s and landed their own television series later that decade. Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 5 June 2025 Front-end retail sales – things like snacks, greeting cards and cosmetics – have fallen. Peter Boumgarden, The Conversation, 28 May 2025 As in recent years, 58% of Father’s Day shoppers plan to buy a greeting card, followed by clothing, a special outing and gift cards. Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 13 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for greeting card

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of greeting card was in 1898

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“Greeting card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/greeting%20card. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

Kids Definition

greeting card

noun
: a decorated card with a message of goodwill that is sent usually on a special occasion

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