noun
authorized by law and limiting work or official business
• Syn: ↑legal holiday, ↑public holiday
• Hypernyms: ↑holiday
• Hyponyms:
↑New Year's Day, ↑New Year's, ↑January 1, ↑Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday, ↑Martin Luther King Day, ↑Presidents' Day, ↑Memorial Day, ↑Decoration Day, ↑Independence Day, ↑Fourth of July, ↑July 4, ↑Labor Day, ↑Columbus Day, ↑Discovery Day, ↑October 12, ↑Christmas, ↑Christmas Day, ↑Xmas, ↑Dec 25, ↑Boxing Day, ↑bank holiday, ↑Commonwealth Day, ↑Empire day, ↑May 24, ↑Dominion Day, ↑July 1, ↑Bastille Day, ↑14 July, ↑Veterans Day, ↑Veterans' Day, ↑Armistice Day, ↑November 11, ↑Thanksgiving, ↑Thanksgiving Day, ↑Victoria Day
Useful english dictionary. 2012.