"peak hour" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: peak hours [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} peak hour (plural peak hours)
  1. Rush hour.
    Sense id: en-peak_hour-en-noun-r~YADqw7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16
  2. (attributive, often hyphenated) Relating to peak periods in traffic and transportation. Tags: attributive
    Sense id: en-peak_hour-en-noun-tXSDfraQ

Inflected forms

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    }
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        {
          "ref": "1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 591",
          "text": "It will be noted that on this service, in contradistinction to that from and to Bristol, extra trains are provided to cope with peak-hour conditions; [...].",
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        "(attributive, often hyphenated) Relating to peak periods in traffic and transportation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "peak hour"
}
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    {
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  ],
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns"
  ],
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
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        {
          "ref": "1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 591",
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      "glosses": [
        "Relating to peak periods in traffic and transportation."
      ],
      "qualifier": "often hyphenated",
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      ],
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