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British Double Summer Time

British Double Summer Time proper noun: a variant of daylight saving time, two hours ahead of GMT, used by Britain in the summers of 1941 to 1945, during World War II.

Proper noun

British Double Summer Time

  1. (historical) A variant of daylight saving time, two hours ahead of GMT, used by Britain in the summers of 1941 to 1945, during World War II.
    Synonyms:
    BDST

Synonyms of British Double Summer Time

Questions about British Double Summer Time

What does British Double Summer Time mean?
British Double Summer Time means a variant of daylight saving time, two hours ahead of GMT, used by Britain in the summers of 1941 to 1945, during World War II.
What part of speech is British Double Summer Time?
British Double Summer Time is a proper noun.

Words near British Double Summer Time in the dictionary

  1. British Columbian
  2. British Columbians
  3. British Commonwealth
  4. British Commonwealth of Nations
  5. British Crown dependency
  6. British Double Summer Time
  7. British East India Company
  8. British Empire
  9. British English
  10. British Guiana
  11. British gum

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