thanksgiving

Pluralthanksgivings

1. 1
   proper noun · ThanksgivingCanadaUS

   A holiday on the fourth Thursday of November in the US and the second Monday of October in Canada.

   We drive to Grandma's house every Thanksgiving.

   Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving in October, weeks before Americans do.

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2. 2
   proper noun · ThanksgivingCanadaUS

   The long weekend around the Thanksgiving holiday.

   My college closes for Thanksgiving, so I get four days at home.

   We are going camping over Thanksgiving, from Saturday to Monday.

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3. 3
   nouncountable or uncountable

   Saying or showing that you are thankful.

   The crowd let out a cry of thanksgiving when the miners came up safe.

   Their letter was full of thanksgiving for the doctors who saved her.

   Similargratitude, thanks

   Oppositeingratitude

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   A short prayer people say at a meal.

   The children bowed their heads for the thanksgiving before lunch.

   After supper, Grandpa said a short thanksgiving.

   Similargrace, blessing

5. 5
   proper noun · Thanksgiving

   A holiday in another culture that is like the North American day of giving thanks, often after a harvest.

   We made rice cakes with our Korean neighbors for Korean Thanksgiving.

   At the German Thanksgiving, the church is filled with fruit and grain from the harvest.

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6. 6
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A public event to thank God for something good, like a good harvest.

   The church is decorated with wheat for the harvest thanksgiving.

   The town held a thanksgiving when the long war ended.

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