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Christmastide

Christmastide noun: the Twelve Days of Christmas; the period from Christmas Day to Epiphany.

Noun

Christmastide (countable and uncountable, plural Christmastides)

  1. The Twelve Days of Christmas; the period from Christmas Day to Epiphany.
  2. The Christmas season.
    Synonyms:
    yuletide

Synonyms of Christmastide

Forms of Christmastide

pluralChristmastides
alternative formChristmas-tide

Origin of Christmastide

From Christmas + -tide (“period around a festival”).

Questions about Christmastide

What does Christmastide mean?
Christmastide means the Twelve Days of Christmas; the period from Christmas Day to Epiphany.
What part of speech is Christmastide?
Christmastide is a noun.
What is the plural of Christmastide?
The plural of Christmastide is Christmastides.

Words near Christmastide in the dictionary

  1. Christmassier
  2. Christmassiest
  3. Christmassiness
  4. Christmassing
  5. Christmassy
  6. Christmastide
  7. Christmastides
  8. Christmastime
  9. Christmastimes
  10. Christmasvine
  11. Christmasy

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