Easter card
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- noun
- /ˈiːstər kɑrd/
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tarjeta de Pascua
- He was excited to see the colorful Easter card that his sister had made for him.
Examples
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- An Easter card for Mama.
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I did start making the hamper, but I got sidetracked because the other day Ottie and I sat down and we made these little Easter cards, didn't we?
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She received a lovely Easter card filled with joyful wishes from her friend.
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Every year, I send an Easter card to my grandmother to wish her happiness.
Synonyms
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A decorated card sent with a personal message for a special occasion
How Festive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built: a card associated with the holiday Easter = 'a greeting card for Easter'. The holiday + card pattern (e.g., Christmas card) is a common, cross-linguistic construction and therefore a B1 learner who knows 'Easter' and the general sense of 'card' will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The greeting Easter card comes from the simple habit of sending a small paper card at Easter decorated with eggs, chicks or rabbits to 'wish someone well'. So, it now means 'a greeting card sent to convey good wishes at Easter'.