- pancake day
- nounthe last day before Lent• Syn: ↑Mardi Gras, ↑Shrove Tuesday• Hypernyms: ↑Christian holy day• Part Holonyms: ↑Shrovetide
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noun or pancake tuesdayUsage: usually capitalized P&D&TEtymology: so called from the custom of having pancakes on that day* * *
Pancake Day or Pancake Tuesday nounShrove Tuesday• • •Main Entry: ↑pan* * *
the Tuesday before the Christian period of lent begins, when people traditionally eat pancakes http://www.macmillandictionary.com/med2cd/weblinks/pancake-day.htmThesaurus: important days in the christian calendarhyponym* * *
Pancake Day or Pancake Tuesday,Shrove Tuesday, on which it was formerly customary to eat pancakes.* * *
noun [noncount]Brit :* * *
the day before the beginning of Lent, when people traditionally eat ↑pancakes
Useful english dictionary. 2012.