What does decoration day mean?

decoration day means "legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war".

What is another word for decoration day?

Close synonyms include Memorial Day. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is decoration day a common word?

decoration day is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Decoration day — meaning and 1 synonym

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1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war
SynonymsMemorial Day
Broaderlegal holiday
Part ofMay

Questions about decoration day

What does decoration day mean?: decoration day means "legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war".
What is another word for decoration day?: Close synonyms include Memorial Day. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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