DECORATION DAY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war

Synonyms:

Decoration Day; Memorial Day

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("Decoration Day" is a kind of...):

legal holiday; national holiday; public holiday (authorized by law and limiting work or official business)

Holonyms ("Decoration Day" is a part of...):

May (the month following April and preceding June)