Noun chad has 4 senses
  1. chad - a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape
    --1 is a kind of
    paper
    --1 has particulars:
     dimpled chad, pregnant chad, dimple; hanging chad; swinging chad; tri-chad
  2. Lake Chad, Chad - a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river
    --2 is a kind of lake
    --2 is a part of Africa
  3. Chad, Republic of Chad, Tchad - a landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960
    --3 is a kind of African country, African nation
    --3 is a part of Africa
    --3 has parts: N'Djamena, Ndjamena, Fort-Lamy, capital of Chad
    --3 has members: Chadian
  4. Chad, Chadic, Chadic language - a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa
    --4 is a kind of Afroasiatic, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language, Afrasian, Afrasian language, Hamito-Semitic
    --4 has particulars: West Chadic; Biu-Mandara; East Chadic; Masa
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