peace time
peace time is the alternative form of peacetime.
Meaning of peacetime
Noun
peacetime (usually uncountable, plural peacetimes)
- The period of time when a nation or people is at peace, not fighting a war.
- When the country was blockaded during the second world war and the nation’s farmers were told to convert scrub and pasture to sown fields, arable land doubled. In peacetime, the patriotic drive for self-sufficiency continued2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian
Questions about peace time
- What is peace time the alternative form of?
- Peace time is the alternative form of peacetime.
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