"winter break" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: winter breaks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} winter break (plural winter breaks)
  1. A period of time off during the winter, especially over the Christmas period. Categories (topical): Time Translations (time off in winter): 寒假 (hánjià) (Chinese Mandarin), vinterferie [common-gender] (Danish), talviloma (Finnish), joululoma (Finnish), vinterferie [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), vinterferie [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-winter_break-en-noun-W4oyO0y7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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