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day-break

day-break is the archaic spelling of daybreak.

Meaning of daybreak

Noun

daybreak (countable and uncountable, plural daybreaks)

  1. The beginning of the day; the first moment of daylight.
    • Osnabrück, reached at daybreak, is a remarkable two-level station on the lines of Willesden Junction.1949 September and October, “The "Nord Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 336

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Questions about day-break

What is day-break the archaic spelling of?
Day-break is the archaic spelling of daybreak.

Words near day-break in the dictionary

  1. Day-asan
  2. day-biter
  3. day-biters
  4. day-blind
  5. day-blindness
  6. day-break
  7. day-clean
  8. day-dawn
  9. day-dawns
  10. day-drank
  11. day-drink

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