FAST DAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fast day mean? 

• FAST DAY (noun)
  The noun FAST DAY has 1 sense:

1. a day designated for fasting

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAST DAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A day designated for fasting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

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

holy day; religious holiday (a day specified for religious observance)

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

major fast day (one of two major fast days on the Jewish calendar)

minor fast day (one of five minor fast days on the Jewish calendar)