snow day
12
1.6
- noun
- /snoʊ deɪ/
- US
:
día libre por la nieve (EE. UU.)
- Calling to tell you it's a snow day for you, too.
- get a snow day
- lot of snow days
- call a snow day
And here's to the joy of the snow day.
- And here's to the joy of the snow day.
- I want to hear the story of your favorite all time snow day.
Examples
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When do the snow days count, and when do they not?
Blog text (24) -
Maybe we'll have a snow day tomorrow.
Fiction book (2002) -
That feeling when you find out it's a snow day on a Monday.
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How many snow days are we gonna be able to spend together?
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I had fun on my snow day.
Fiction book (1997) -
The kids are in school for another week because of all the snow days.
Blog text (1) -
It's a snow day for all of us," said my mother, standing at the stove.
Fiction book (2000) -
I've only had one snow day before.
Blog text (22) -
So this little forest scene is kind of a, I don't know, it's kind of an escape into nostalgia and remembering snow days in my childhood.
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All schools are officially closed for a snow day due to the heavy snowfall overnight.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning — a day characterized by snow, typically causing cancellations — is directly and compositionally derived from 'snow' + 'day' and matches common English noun–noun compounding, so a B1 learner who knows both words can reasonably infer it. This construction is also cross-linguistically common (many languages use a comparable "snow day" or "day of snow" concept), which increases its predictability for learners.
Etymology
The noun snow day comes from the simple picture of a day when so much snow falls that school or work are shut. That's why it means a day when planned activities are 'cancelled' because of snow.