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Chad

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Noun

1. chad

a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape

2. chad, lake chad

a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river

3. chad, republic of chad, tchad

a landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960

4. 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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Chad

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noun
the small pieces of cardboard or paper removed during the punching of holes in computer printer paper, paper tape, etc
noun
1. 
a republic in N central Africa: made a territory of French Equatorial Africa in 1910; became independent in 1960; contains much desert and the Tibesti Mountains, with Lake Chad in the west; produces chiefly cotton and livestock; suffered intermittent civil war from 1963 and prolonged drought. Official languages: Arabic; French. Religion: Muslim majority, also Christian and animist. Currency: franc. Capital: Ndjamena. Pop: 14 899 994 (2017 est). Area: 1 284 000 sq km (495 750 sq miles)
. French name: Tchad
2.  Lake Chad

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Chad

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noun
a masculine name
1. 
country in NC Africa, south of Libya: formerly a French territory, it became independent in 1960: 495,755 sq mi (1,284,000 sq km); pop. 6,288,000; cap. N'Djamena
2. 
Lakelake mostly in Chad, at the juncture of the Chad, Niger, Cameroon, and Nigeria borders: 4,000-10,000 sq mi (10,360-25,900 sq km), reflecting seasonal fluctuation
noun
any of the bits of paper that are separated from a punch card in the process of making the holes in it

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Chad

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A country of north-central Africa. Once part of French Equatorial Africa, it became independent in 1960. N'Djamena is the capital and the largest city.
n.
1. Scraps or bits of paper, such as the perforated edges of paper for tractor feed printers or the tiny rectangles punched out from data cards.
2. One of these scraps or bits of paper.
A shallow lake of north-central Africa in Chad, Cameroon, Niger, and Nigeria. It has greatly diminished in size since the 1970s.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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