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THANKSGIVING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A short prayer of thanks before a meal

Example:

their youngest son said grace

Synonyms:

blessing; grace; thanksgiving

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("thanksgiving" is a kind of...):

orison; petition; prayer (reverent petition to a deity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag

Synonyms:

Thanksgiving; Thanksgiving Day

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("Thanksgiving" is a kind of...):

feast day; fete day (a day designated for feasting)

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

Holonyms ("Thanksgiving" is a part of...):

Nov; November (the month following October and preceding December)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Thanksgiving itself will be fantastic, for Jupiter will conjunct the moon, and Venus will be beautifully angled to Uranus, which is a cool, flirtatious, romantic vibration for those attached or seriously dating. (Even if you are not with someone now, Venus will make sure you have fun with friends.)

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)