after-hours

1. 1.

   after closing time especially a legally established closing time

   “after-hours socializing”

   “an after-hours club”

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Questions about after-hours

What does after-hours mean?

after-hours means "after closing time especially a legally established closing time".

How many syllables are in after-hours?

after-hours has 3 syllables and divides as af-ter--hours under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is after-hours a common word?

after-hours is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.