Pancake day (original) (raw)
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The last day before Lent
Synonyms:
Fat Tuesday; Mardi Gras; pancake day; Shrove Tuesday
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("pancake day" is a kind of...):
Christian holy day (a religious holiday for Christians)
Holonyms ("pancake day" is a part of...):
Shrovetide (immediately preceding Lent)