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semiholiday

semiholiday noun: a day having certain aspects of a holiday.

Noun

semiholiday (plural semiholidays)

  1. A day having certain aspects of a holiday.
    • […] within a forty-year period, the pickers changed from Indian families to local Euro-American women and children who were encouraged by the farmers to regard picking as a semiholiday to Mexican migrant families.2016, Karen J. Blair, Women in Pacific Northwest History: Revised Edition, page 17

Forms of semiholiday

pluralsemiholidays

Origin of semiholiday

From semi- + holiday.

Questions about semiholiday

What does semiholiday mean?
Semiholiday means a day having certain aspects of a holiday.
What part of speech is semiholiday?
Semiholiday is a noun.
What is the plural of semiholiday?
The plural of semiholiday is semiholidays.

Words near semiholiday in the dictionary

  1. semihexagonal
  2. semihexagons
  3. semihidden
  4. semihigh
  5. semihistorical
  6. semiholiday
  7. semiholidays
  8. semihollow
  9. semihomemade
  10. semihomologous
  11. semihomology

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