Holiday Definition | What is Holiday? - PoetrySoup
Definition
[n] leisure time away from work; devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico;"
[n] a day on which work is suspended by law or custom; "no mail is delivered on federal holidays"; "it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover"
[v] spend or take a vacation
Synonyms
vacation, vacation
See Also...
Christmas Eve, day, Dec 24, field day, half-holiday, half-term, holy day, honeymoon, honeymoon, legal holiday, leisure, leisure time, national holiday, outing, paid vacation, pass, picnic, Poppy Day, religious holiday, Remembrance Day, Remembrance Sunday, spend, vac
Related Terms
abeyance, abscondence, absence, absence without leave, absentation, absenteeism, absenting, Admission Day, anniversaries, Arbor Day, Armed Forces Day, Armistice Day, Army Day, AWOL, bank holiday, Bastille Day, break, caesura, cease-fire, celebrating, cele
Comments
|
|
|