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SCHOOL DAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session
Example:
when the school day was done we would walk home together
Synonyms:
school; school day; schooltime
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("school day" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Meronyms (parts of "school day"):
study hall (a period of time during the school day that is set aside for study)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any day on which school is in session
Example:
go to bed early because tomorrow is a school day
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("school day" is a kind of...):
day (a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance)