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REST DAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rest day mean? 

REST DAY (noun)
  The noun REST DAY has 1 sense:

1. a day set aside for restplay

  Familiarity information: REST DAY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REST DAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A day set aside for rest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

day of rest; rest day

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

day of the week (any one of the seven days in a week)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rest day"):

Dominicus; Lord's Day; Sun; Sunday (first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians)

Sabbath (a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims)

Antonym:

workday (a day on which work is done)


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