snow day

English

Noun

snow day (plural snow days)

1. A day when a school or other workplace is closed due to bad winter weather, especially snow.
   1. (by extension) A day when a school or other workplace is closed due to weather

      Coordinate term: heat day

2. (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

3. (meteorology) A day on which a fall of snow is observed.
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see snow,‎ day.

Translations

day off from school

• Dutch: ijsvrij (nl) n

See also

• white Christmas
• white Easter

 

References

• “snow day”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• snow day at American Meteorological Society online glossary.

Anagrams

• nowdays