RAG WEEK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities

Synonyms:

rag; rag week

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("rag week" is a kind of...):

hebdomad; week (any period of seven consecutive days)

Meronyms (parts of "rag week"):

rag day (a day on which university students hold a rag)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)