holidays

[hol-i-dey]

noun

a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.

any day of exemption from work (distinguished from working day).

a time or period of exemption from any requirement, duty, assessment, etc.: New businesses may be granted a one-year tax holiday.

a religious feast day; holy day, especially any of several usually commemorative holy days observed in Judaism.

Sometimes, holidays. Chiefly British. a period of cessation from work or one of recreation; vacation.

an unintentional gap left on a plated, coated, or painted surface.

adjective

of or pertaining to a festival; festive; joyous: a holiday mood.

suitable for a holiday: holiday attire.

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Holidays is always a great word to know.

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

verb (used without object)

Chiefly British. to vacation: to holiday at the seaside.

Origin:
before 950; Middle English; Old English hāligdæg. See holy, day

Related forms

pre·hol·i·day, adjective

Synonyms
2. vacation, break.