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leap week

leap week noun: in the calendar reform, a week added to usual 52, such that every year starts on the same day.

Noun

leap week (plural leap weeks)

  1. In the calendar reform, a week added to usual 52, such that every year starts on the same day

Forms of leap week

pluralleap weeks

Questions about leap week

What does leap week mean?
Leap week means in the calendar reform, a week added to usual 52, such that every year starts on the same day.
What part of speech is leap week?
Leap week is a noun.
What is the plural of leap week?
The plural of leap week is leap weeks.

Words near leap week in the dictionary

  1. leap smear
  2. leap smearing
  3. leap through hoops
  4. leap to mind
  5. leap up
  6. leap week
  7. leap weeks
  8. leap year
  9. leap years
  10. leap-frog
  11. leap-frogged

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