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MIDSUMMER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point
Synonyms:
June 21; midsummer; summer solstice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("midsummer" is a kind of...):
solstice (either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator)
Holonyms ("midsummer" is a part of...):
June (the month following May and preceding July)
summer; summertime (the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox)
