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Shrovetide

Shrovetide noun: the three days immediately preceding Lent; Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.

Noun

Shrovetide (plural Shrovetides)

  1. The three days immediately preceding Lent; Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.
    Synonyms:
    fastens, fasterns-een, fastgang-tide

Synonyms of Shrovetide

  • fastens
  • fasterns-een
  • fastgang-tide

Forms of Shrovetide

pluralShrovetides

Origin of Shrovetide

From shrove + -tide.

Words formed from Shrovetide

Questions about Shrovetide

What does Shrovetide mean?
Shrovetide means the three days immediately preceding Lent; Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.
What part of speech is Shrovetide?
Shrovetide is a noun.
What is the plural of Shrovetide?
The plural of Shrovetide is Shrovetides.

Words near Shrovetide in the dictionary

  1. Shrove-cake
  2. Shrove-cakes
  3. Shrove-tide
  4. shroved
  5. shroves
  6. Shrovetide
  7. Shrovetide football
  8. Shrovetides
  9. shroving
  10. shrow
  11. shrowd

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