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PANCAKE DAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pancake day mean?
• PANCAKE DAY (noun)
The noun PANCAKE DAY has 1 sense:
1. the last day before Lent
Familiarity information: PANCAKE DAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The last day before Lent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Fat Tuesday; Mardi Gras; pancake day; Shrove Tuesday
Hypernyms ("pancake day" is a kind of...):
Christian holy day (a religious holiday for Christians)
Holonyms ("pancake day" is a part of...):
Shrovetide (immediately preceding Lent)
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