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NIGHT SHIFT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Workers who work during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.)
Synonyms:
graveyard shift; night shift
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("night shift" is a kind of...):
shift (a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.)
Synonyms:
graveyard shift; night shift
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("night shift" is a kind of...):
duty period; shift; work shift (the time period during which you are at work)