noun
tarot
TAIR-oh/ˈtærəʊ/
A symbolic card deck used for games or divination.
The tarot cards display symbolic figures beside the face-down deck.
Etymology
Tarocco named a special playing card, with the plural extended to the whole deck. Their fortune-telling use seems to have developed later; the name’s deeper origin is unknown.
In context
… like I used to read tarot cards and then things like that …
More examples
- We use a tarot deck to play a card game.
- The Sun is one of the cards in her tarot deck.
- He reads tarot for friends who want guidance.
Forms
tarot · tarots
Similar words
- deck
- Deck covers any set of cards, not specifically tarot.