prohibition era

1. 1.

   the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment

   Synonymsprohibition

   Broadertime period

Questions about prohibition era

What does prohibition era mean?

prohibition era means "the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment".

What is another word for prohibition era?

Close synonyms include prohibition. 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 prohibition era a common word?

prohibition era 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.