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five-day week

five-day week noun: a working week of five days, the remaining two days in the week being rest days.

Noun

five-day week (plural five-day weeks)

  1. A working week of five days, the remaining two days in the week being rest days.
    • The widespread adoption of the five-day week has at last had effect on the Saturday rush-hour train service on the London-Watford and Bletchley lines of the L.M.R.1961 November, “Talking of Trains: L.M. London area timetable cuts”, in Trains Illustrated, page 648

Forms of five-day week

pluralfive-day weeks

Questions about five-day week

What does five-day week mean?
Five-day week means a working week of five days, the remaining two days in the week being rest days.
What part of speech is five-day week?
Five-day week is a noun.
What is the plural of five-day week?
The plural of five-day week is five-day weeks.

Words near five-day week in the dictionary

  1. five-barred gates
  2. five-by-five
  3. five-by-fives
  4. five-card stud
  5. five-day fever
  6. five-day week
  7. five-day weeks
  8. five-dimensional
  9. five-dimensionally
  10. five-dollar word
  11. five-dollar words

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