Chad - Definition
chad
n 1: a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when
a hole is punched in a card or paper tape
2: a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river [syn:
Lake Chad, Chad]
3: a landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was
under French control until 1960 [syn: Chad, Republic of
Chad, Tchad]
4: a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones)
spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north
central Africa [syn: Chad, Chadic, Chadic language]