keycard
10
3.5
- noun
- /ˈkiːkɑːrd/
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- When I glanced over into booth five, I could see that there was one of our keycards in the activating slot.
- slide the keycard
- keycard-access doors
- get the keycard
Examples
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Here, the keycard that got us inside the prison and through the first three doors, suddenly stops working.
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The health department has keycard machines on inside doors that should only be accessed by employees, and a keycard is required to get into the outside employee entrance as well.
Blog text (10) -
We found a keycard for a room in his pocket.
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What do you do with the keycard?
Fiction book (1997) -
I'm gonna need your keycard.
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Jubal tried to open the door with his keycard, but it was refused.
Fiction book (1998) -
We reviewed keycard scans and surveillance tapes.
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Give me your keycard!
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Your thumbprint on a keycard app generates a bar code that gets you anywhere your clearance is allowed.
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She used her keycard to unlock the hotel room door.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Keycard is simply key + card, meaning a 'card' that acts like a 'key'. So a keycard is a plastic card you use to open doors or get into a room.