scratch card

noun

a card or ticket having one or more sections coated with an opaque substance that can be scratched off to reveal a possible prize.

QUIZZES

QUIZ YOURSELF ON THESE WORDS FROM BROWN GIRL DREAMING!

Visualize yourself passing this quiz on words from Jacqueline Woodson’s exquisite verse novel “Brown Girl Dreaming,” and then take the quiz to prove you can do it! (Because you can.)
Question 1 of 10
What does “barren” mean?
a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides.
Worn down by dullness, tedious repetition.
unproductive; unfruitful
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT
Also called scratch ticket.

Origin of scratch card

First recorded in 1980–85

Words nearby scratch card

scrapple, scrappy, scratch, scratch awl, scratchboard, scratch card, scratch coat, scratcher, scratches, scratch file, scratch hardness
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for scratch card

  • Scratch-card, a wire brush to remove tarnish from lead before soldering (p. 144).

    Stained Glass Work|C. W. Whall

British Dictionary definitions for scratch card

scratchcard
/ (ˈskrætʃˌkɑːd) /

noun

a ticket that reveals whether or not the holder is eligible for a prize when the surface is removed by scratching
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012