MEMORIAL DAY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war

Synonyms:

Decoration Day; Memorial Day

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("Memorial Day" is a kind of...):

legal holiday; national holiday; public holiday (authorized by law and limiting work or official business)

Holonyms ("Memorial Day" is a part of...):

May (the month following April and preceding June)

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