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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Several people praised the 99-cent greeting cards and complimented the rotating selection. Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 16 July 2025 Asking for plot details will get you the Care Bear Stare… Care Bears has an interesting origin story, as the franchise was built around greeting card characters popularized in the 1980s by American Greetings (now Cloudco Entertainment). Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 June 2025 Card Factory Card Factory is a top greeting card retailer in the U.K. that also sells gifts, party supplies and related products. Jacob Wolinsky, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025 To finance the venture, Silver sells her handmade greeting cards, Happy Notes, at area art fairs. Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 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 7 Aug. 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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