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closed season

closed season is the alternative form of close season.

Meaning of close season

Noun

close season (countable and uncountable, plural close seasons)

  1. The time of year when no competition takes place.
  2. The time of year when hunting or fishing is not permitted.
    Antonyms:
    open season
  3. (idiomatic) A situation or period in which some activity is forbidden or discontinued.
    Antonyms:
    open season

Forms of closed season

pluralclosed seasons

Questions about closed season

What is closed season the alternative form of?
Closed season is the alternative form of close season.

Words near closed season in the dictionary

  1. closed platform
  2. closed question
  3. closed questions
  4. closed round
  5. closed round s
  6. closed season
  7. closed seasons
  8. closed set
  9. closed sets
  10. closed shop
  11. closed shops

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Adapted from Wiktionary: closed season (page history and authors); close season (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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