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snow day

snow day noun: a day when a school or other workplace is closed due to bad winter weather, especially snow.

Noun

snow day (plural snow days)

  1. A day when a school or other workplace is closed due to bad winter weather, especially snow.
    1. (broadly) A day when a school or other workplace is closed due to weather
  2. (US) A day set aside on a school calendar in certain climates, assuming a closure will occur during a given time period.
  3. A day on which a fall of snow is observed.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see snow, day.

Forms of snow day

pluralsnow days

Questions about snow day

What does snow day mean?
Snow day means a day when a school or other workplace is closed due to bad winter weather, especially snow.
What part of speech is snow day?
Snow day is a noun.
What is the plural of snow day?
The plural of snow day is snow days.

Words near snow day in the dictionary

  1. snow creams
  2. snow currant
  3. snow daisies
  4. snow daisy
  5. snow daisy-bush
  6. snow day
  7. snow days
  8. snow devil
  9. snow devils
  10. snow donut
  11. snow donuts

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