SHROVE TUESDAY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The last day before Lent

Synonyms:

Fat Tuesday; Mardi Gras; pancake day; Shrove Tuesday

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("Shrove Tuesday" is a kind of...):

Christian holy day (a religious holiday for Christians)

Holonyms ("Shrove Tuesday" is a part of...):

Shrovetide (immediately preceding Lent)

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