RAIN DATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rain date mean? 

• RAIN DATE (noun)
  The noun RAIN DATE has 1 sense:

1. an alternative date set for some outdoor event in case it rains on the appointed date

  Familiarity information: RAIN DATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAIN DATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An alternative date set for some outdoor event in case it rains on the appointed date

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Context example:

the rain date for the picnic will be the following Sunday

Hypernyms ("rain date" is a kind of...):

date (a particular day specified as the time something happens)