SYMPATHY CARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sympathy card mean? 

• SYMPATHY CARD (noun)
  The noun SYMPATHY CARD has 1 sense:

1. a card expressing sympathy

  Familiarity information: SYMPATHY CARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYMPATHY CARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A card expressing sympathy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("sympathy card" is a kind of...):

card (a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sympathy card"):

Mass card ((Roman Catholic Church) a card sent to a bereaved family that says the sender has arranged for a Mass to be said in memory of the deceased)

spiritual bouquet ((Roman Catholic Church) a card indicating that the sender will perform certain devotional acts on behalf of another)