# discards

Pronunciation: US say "dis-KARDZ" /dɪsˈkɑɹdz/; UK say "dis-KAHDZ" /dɪsˈkɑːdz/

## Verb

1. Third-person singular simple present of discard. — third-person singular simple present indicative of discard
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of discard. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _The dealer discards the top card before dealing the next hand._
   - _Whenever the file grows too large, the program discards the oldest records._

## Noun

Pronunciation: US say "DIS-kardz" /ˈdɪskɑɹdz/; UK say "DIS-kahdz" /ˈdɪskɑːdz/

2. Plural of discard. — plural of discard
   - Simple: Plural of discard. Use this when talking about more than one.
   - _Players draw from the deck and add their unwanted cards to the discards._
   - _The factory recycles its fabric discards into stuffing for cushions._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/discards (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).