snow day
English
editNoun
edit- 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
- Coordinate term: heat day
- (by extension) A day when a school or other workplace is closed due to weather
- (US) A day set aside on a school calendar in certain climates, assuming a closure will occur during a given time period.
- Hypernym: weather day
- (meteorology) A day on which a fall of snow is observed.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see snow, day.
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editReferences
edit- “snow day”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- snow day at American Meteorological Society online glossary.