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HALLOWEEN

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Halloween mean?

• HALLOWEEN (noun)
The noun HALLOWEEN has 1 sense:

1. the evening before All Saints' Day; often devoted to pranks played by young people

Familiarity information: HALLOWEEN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HALLOWEEN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The evening before All Saints' Day; often devoted to pranks played by young people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Allhallows Eve; Hallowe'en; Halloween

Hypernyms ("Halloween" is a kind of...):

day (a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance)

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