DEGREE DAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does degree day mean? 

• DEGREE DAY (noun)
  The noun DEGREE DAY has 2 senses:

1. the day on which university degrees are conferred

2. a unit used in estimating fuel requirements for heating a building

  Familiarity information: DEGREE DAY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEGREE DAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The day on which university degrees are conferred

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

commencement day; degree day

Hypernyms ("degree day" is a kind of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

A unit used in estimating fuel requirements for heating a building

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("degree day" is a kind of...):

temperature unit (a unit of measurement for temperature)