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BREAK OF DAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does break of day mean?
• BREAK OF DAY (noun)
The noun BREAK OF DAY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: BREAK OF DAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The first light of day
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
aurora; break of day; break of the day; cockcrow; dawn; dawning; daybreak; dayspring; first light; morning; sunrise; sunup
Context example:
they talked until morning
Hypernyms ("break of day" is a kind of...):
hour; time of day (clock time)
Context examples
They walked the whole night long, and by break of day came once more to their father’s house.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
The youth sat down in the garden and considered how it might be possible to perform this task, but he could think of nothing, and there he sat sorrowfully awaiting the break of day, when he should be led to death.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
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