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boxing week

boxing week noun: the period after Christmas (December 25th) until New Year's (or longer), when stores offer large discounts.

Noun (1)

boxing week (plural boxing weeks)

  1. The period after Christmas (December 25th) until New Year's (or longer), when stores offer large discounts.

Noun (2) capitalized: Boxing Week

Boxing Week (countable and uncountable, plural Boxing Weeks)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of boxing week.

Forms of boxing week

pluralboxing weeks
pluralBoxing Weeks

Origin of boxing week

Derived from boxing day (“the day after Christmas”).

Questions about boxing week

What does boxing week mean?
Boxing week means the period after Christmas (December 25th) until New Year's (or longer), when stores offer large discounts.
What part of speech is boxing week?
Boxing week is a noun.
What is the plural of boxing week?
The plural of boxing week is boxing weeks.

Words near boxing week in the dictionary

  1. boxing someone's ears
  2. boxing the compass
  3. boxing the Jesuit
  4. boxing time
  5. boxing up
  6. boxing week
  7. boxing weeks
  8. boxings
  9. boxkeeper
  10. boxkeepers
  11. boxla

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