"closing time" meaning in English

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Noun

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), 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: 9 61 29 Categories (other): British English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 67 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 77 18 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 4 74 22 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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