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catalogue

Pronunciation:  'kat`log

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things; "he found it in the Sears catalog"
  2. [n]  a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically; "it does not pretend to be a catalogue of his achievements"
  3. [v]  make a catalog of
  4. [v]  make a catalogue, compile a catalogue of something
 
 Synonyms: catalog, catalog, catalog
 
 See Also: assort, book, card catalog, card catalogue, class, classify, compile, compose, course catalog, course catalogue, list, listing, parts catalog, parts catalogue, prospectus, seed catalog, seed catalogue, separate, sort, sort out

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Cat"a*logue\, n. [F., fr. catalogus, fr. Gr. ? a
    counting up, list, fr. ? to count up; kata` down, completely
    + ? to say.]
    A list or enumeration of names, or articles arranged
    methodically, often in alphabetical order; as, a catalogue of
    the students of a college, or of books, or of the stars.
    
    {Card catalogue}, a catalogue, as of books, having each item
       entered on a separate card, and the cards arranged in
       cases by subjects, or authors, or alphabetically.
    
    {Catalogue raisonn['e]}[F.], a catalogue of books, etc.,
       classed according to their subjects.
    
    Syn: List; roll; index; schedule; enumeration; inventory. See
         {List}.
    
    
  2. \Cat"a*logue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Catalogued}; p.
    pr. & vb. n. {Cataloguing}.]
    To make a list or catalogue; to insert in a catalogue.
    
    
 
Glossary
 
 Definition: the systematic list recording artifacts and other finds, recovered by archaeological research, including their description and Provenience.
 

 

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