BREATHING SPELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does breathing spell mean? 

• BREATHING SPELL (noun)
  The noun BREATHING SPELL has 1 sense:

1. a short respite

  Familiarity information: BREATHING SPELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BREATHING SPELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A short respite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

breath; breather; breathing place; breathing space; breathing spell; breathing time

Hypernyms ("breathing spell" is a kind of...):

relief; respite; rest; rest period (a pause for relaxation)

 Context examples 

In the breathing spell of the vacation he had taken, he had spent many hours in self-analysis, and thereby learned much of himself.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)