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SLEEPOVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sleepover mean? 

SLEEPOVER (noun)
  The noun SLEEPOVER has 1 sense:

1. an occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children)play

  Familiarity information: SLEEPOVER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SLEEPOVER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("sleepover" is a kind of...):

affair; function; occasion; social function; social occasion (a vaguely specified social event)

Derivation:

sleep over (stay overnight)


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