"snow day" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: snow days [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} snow day (plural snow days)
  1. A day when a school or other workplace is closed due to bad winter weather, especially snow.
    Sense id: en-snow_day-en-noun-HwofDWxw
  2. A day when a school or other workplace is closed due to bad winter weather, especially snow.
    (by extension) A day when a school or other workplace is closed due to weather
    Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-snow_day-en-noun-rWliaQgf
  3. (US) A day set aside on a school calendar in certain climates, assuming a closure will occur during a given time period. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-snow_day-en-noun-iVdtaqLa Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 84 12 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 3 76 13 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 1 83 12 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 84 11 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 3 3 71 14 8
  4. (meteorology) A day on which a fall of snow is observed. Categories (topical): Meteorology
    Sense id: en-snow_day-en-noun-oKHMmwJN Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see snow, day.
    Sense id: en-snow_day-en-noun-IYsqc7Rx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: white Christmas, white Easter Translations (day off from school): ijsvrij [neuter] (Dutch)
Disambiguation of 'day off from school': 24 25 26 13 12

Inflected forms

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