Chad

Chad  (chd) 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. Population: 9,250,000. Chadi·an adj. & n.

Chad

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chad  (chd)

n.

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.

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[Origin unknown.]

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chad

Noun

the small pieces removed during the punching of holes in punch cards, printer paper, etc.

Thesaurus

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 dimple, dimpled chad, pregnant chad - 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 paper - a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses 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
	2.	Chad - a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river Lake Chad Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
	3.	Chad - a landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960 Republic of Chad, Tchad capital of Chad, Fort-Lamy, N'Djamena, Ndjamena - the capital and largest city of Chad; located in the southwestern on the Shari river Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean Chadian - a native or inhabitant of Chad
	4.	Chad - a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa Chadic, Chadic language West Chadic - a group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria; Hausa in the most important member 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 Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic - a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa

Translations

Chad [tʃæd] n → Chad m

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Chad [tʃæd] n → Tchad m

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Chad [tʃæd] n → Tschad m

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Chad [tʃæd] n → Chad m