Word Finder - holiday

definition

A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.

example

Today is a Wiccan holiday!

synonyms

• feast day

definition

A day declared free from work by the state or government.

synonyms

• bank holiday
• national holiday

definition

A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.

synonyms

• leave
• time off
• vacation

definition

A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).

example

I want to take a French course this summer holiday.

synonyms

• vacation

definition

A period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made.

example

a mortgage payment holiday

definition

A gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery.

synonyms

• lacuna

definition

To take a period of time away from work or study.

definition

To spend a period of time for travel.

The holiday weekend passed pleasantly.

He was one of the founders of the Rochdale Literary and Philosophical Society, took a leading part in its debates, and on returning from a holiday journey in the East, gave the society a lecture on his travels.

What do you do at home on this holiday?

School was back in session after the holiday recess so the rink was nearly empty.

The Ardennes are the holiday ground of the Belgian people, and much of this region is still unknown except to the few persons who by a happy chance have discovered its remoter and hitherto well-guarded charms. There is still an immense quantity of wild game to be found in the Ardennes, including red and roe deer, wild boar, &c. The shooting is preserved either by the few great landed proprietors left in the country, or by the communes, who let the right of shooting to individuals.

This is the origin of the numerous lakes of Maine, which give it some of its most beautiful scenery, and help to make it a holiday resort in summer.

The you in my heaven is the person I create in my mind, the perfect you, who never drinks his milk from the cereal bowl and remembers every birthday and holiday with the nicest card he buys the day before, and he sends roses for no reason at all....

In part out of appreciation but more out of guilt, Dean vol­untarily worked the holiday, sending a pleasantly shocked Lenny Harrigan home to his new wife.

Every year, the full moon in January is the Wolf Moon and there is a three day festival that all werewolves attend… kind of our high holiday.

They refused to permit the vital problem of limitation of armaments to be side-tracked, and surprised the conference by proposing a ten-year naval holiday and a drastic scrapping of tonnage by the three chief naval Powers.

At the side of the search list is a ' sponsored link ' offering a link to a database of luxury holiday hotels.

While the town was bursting at its seams for tomorrow's holiday, the side street where the Deans' inn was located was peacefully quiet.

The balance of the afternoon was spent on household chores and packing away the last remnants of the holiday.

The town is in repute as a holiday resort for its healthy climate and beautiful situation.

I am preparing for my summer holiday but can't find the right bikini to suit my shape.

Holiday rentals with current availability in June July and August If you are buying a property and moving, plastic boxes can be helpful !

That, and Maria's presence, practically gave the Deans a holiday of their own.

They don't have mice in the Holiday Inn, do they?

For children between sixteen and eighteen years of age and for women the hours of labour in a factory are limited to ten a day, unless to prepare for a short day or a holiday, and the days to six a week.

In the meantime a holiday in Schiller's Wurttemberg home had brought renewed health and vigour.

T he word beano means a feast, an annual holiday, and a jolly time.

The third quarter of the year often sees reduced traffic delays during the summer holiday period.

Enjoy a relaxing holiday in comfort, open all year.

I didn't want to go on a skiing holiday.

Sitting next to me were two Russian English teachers who had been on a package holiday in Britain.

It would please almost any holidaymaker looking for a quiet peaceful and relaxing holiday.

At the last minute my work allowed me to take 2 weeks hols so we hurridly arranged our holiday.

A luxury honeymoon is the perfect opportunity for the holiday of a lifetime.

McAlester penitentiary is clearly no holiday camp, and Ron's developing mental illness and physical deterioration whilst on death row makes grim reading.

Postal ta Where does a postman go on holiday?

Castles, churches and cathedrals, market towns, and the seaside that can be seen by holders of railroad holiday runabout tickets.

For the second Bank Holiday running, police are mounting an operation across the county to tackle the scourge of drunken violence.

So to give staffers a holiday, which managements like to do because it is cheaper, everyone has to work harder.

After breakfast Ozma announced that she had ordered a holiday to be observed throughout the Emerald City, in honor of her visitors.

Natasha was foremost in setting a merry holiday tone, which, passing from one to another, grew stronger and reached its climax when they all came out into the frost and got into the sleighs, talking, calling to one another, laughing, and shouting.

Her whole house was scrubbed and cleaned on Saturdays; neither she nor the servants worked, and they all wore holiday dress and went to church.

But in nothing in the house was the holiday so noticeable as in Marya Dmitrievna's broad, stern face, which on that day wore an invariable look of solemn festivity.

Easter Re-opening Celebrations Easter bank Holiday Sunday and Monday (16th & 17th April) saw the reopening of the railroad.

The easy going ambiance and delicious repasts of a ski chalet holiday is the trendy option currently with lots of skiers.

Anyone who needs regular medication or has repeat prescriptions needs to check they will not run out over the holiday period.

Israeli reservists living abroad for over a year or on holiday abroad would be eligible.

Respite carers Respite carers offer some time out to a child for weekends or holiday periods.

Try making a holiday ornament, a cross-stitch pattern or a scrapbook to commemorate a special event or time you shared with the recipient.

These guys get very little annual holiday so wherever they go has to carry a guarantee of perfection.

Only required annual SunStar Leisure holiday insurance worldwide to fedex recently gave.

So I was understandably apprehensive about going on a holiday where a second attempt at the seemingly impossible was likely to be unavoidable.

Workers in the UK are entitled to four weeksâ paid holiday (including bank holidays) under the Working Time Regulations 1998.

Even the lizards had gone on holiday to escape the furnace heat, leaving only barbed wire bushes and a tap 500 yds away.

Our holiday homes have been carefully converted from the granite barns that once formed an old Cornish farmyard.

Novotel Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne This is the perfect base for a family weekend, a relaxing holiday or business travel.