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MARDI GRAS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A carnival held in some countries on Shrove Tuesday (the last day before Lent) but especially in New Orleans
Synonyms:
Fat Tuesday; Mardi Gras
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("Mardi Gras" is a kind of...):
carnival (a festival marked by merrymaking and processions)
Holonyms ("Mardi Gras" is a part of...):
New Orleans (a port and largest city in Louisiana; located in southeastern Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi river; a major center for offshore drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico; jazz originated here among black musicians in the late 19th century; Mardi Gras is celebrated here each year)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The last day before Lent
Synonyms:
Fat Tuesday; Mardi Gras; pancake day; Shrove Tuesday
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Mardi Gras" is a kind of...):
Christian holy day (a religious holiday for Christians)
Holonyms ("Mardi Gras" is a part of...):
Shrovetide (immediately preceding Lent)
