"closing time" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: closing times [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} closing time (countable and uncountable, plural closing times)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see closing, time. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-closing_time-en-noun--ZdNjOk2
  2. (UK, Canada) The time when a public house or restaurant closes. Used to invite final drink orders. Tags: Canada, UK, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Drinking Translations (time when a pub closes): hora de tancament [feminine] (Catalan), 關閉時間 (Chinese Mandarin), 关闭时间 (guānbì shíjiān) (Chinese Mandarin), sulkemisaika (Finnish), Ladenschluss (note: of a store) [masculine] (German), Sperrstunde (note: of a bar) [feminine] (German), Polizeistunde [feminine] (German), záróra (Hungarian), am dúnta [masculine] (Irish), stengetid (english: shop, office) [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), stengetid (english: shop, office) [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), stengjetid [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), oră de închidere (Romanian), вре́мя закры́тия (vrémja zakrýtija) [neuter] (Russian), kapanma saati (Turkish), amser cau (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-closing_time-en-noun-S9YUdWND Disambiguation of Drinking: 7 75 18 Categories (other): British English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 80 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 74 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 82 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 87 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 6 72 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 72 23 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 74 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 70 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 5 71 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 5 70 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 6 70 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 2 88 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 6 72 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 80 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 5 73 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 7 74 19 Disambiguation of 'time when a pub closes': 23 66 11
  3. (UK, figuratively) Used to suggest that a deadline for action is imminent. Tags: UK, countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-closing_time-en-noun-f~398tDe Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: closing time effect, when is closing time Related terms: drinking-up time, last call, last orders, time

Inflected forms

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