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YULE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
Synonyms:
Christmas; Christmastide; Christmastime; Noel; Yule; Yuletide
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Yule" is a kind of...):
season (a recurrent time marked by major holidays)
Meronyms (parts of "Yule"):
Boxing Day (first weekday after Christmas)
Holonyms ("Yule" is a part of...):
Jan; January (the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice)
Dec; December (the last (12th) month of the year)