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RAIN DATE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An alternative date set for some outdoor event in case it rains on the appointed date
Example:
the rain date for the picnic will be the following Sunday
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("rain date" is a kind of...):
date (a particular day specified as the time something happens)