LEAP YEAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leap year mean? 

• LEAP YEAR (noun)
  The noun LEAP YEAR has 1 sense:

1. a calendar year with an extra day added in February

  Familiarity information: LEAP YEAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEAP YEAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A calendar year with an extra day added in February

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

366 days; bissextile year; intercalary year; leap year

Hypernyms ("leap year" is a kind of...):

twelvemonth; year; yr (a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days)