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HALLOWE'EN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hallowe'en mean?
• HALLOWE'EN (noun)
The noun HALLOWE'EN has 1 sense:
1. the evening before All Saints' Day; often devoted to pranks played by young people
Familiarity information: HALLOWE'EN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("Hallowe'en" is a kind of...):
day (a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance)
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