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preholiday

preholiday adjective: before a holiday.

Adjective

preholiday (not comparable)

  1. Before a holiday.
    • Wall Street advanced yesterday in a preholiday session as investors drew confidence from a smaller-than-expected dip in factory orders and new merger-and-acquisition activity.2007 July 4, The Associated Press, “Takeover News Gives Shares a Mild Lift”, in New York Times

Origin of preholiday

From pre- + holiday.

Questions about preholiday

What does preholiday mean?
Preholiday means before a holiday.
What part of speech is preholiday?
Preholiday is an adjective.

Words near preholiday in the dictionary

  1. prehnites
  2. prehnitic
  3. prehnitic acid
  4. Prehns
  5. prehodiernal
  6. preholiday
  7. prehominid
  8. prehominids
  9. prehomogeneous
  10. prehook
  11. prehooks

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