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GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does groundbreaking ceremony mean?
• GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY (noun)
The noun GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY has 1 sense:
1. the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project
Familiarity information: GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
groundbreaking; groundbreaking ceremony
Hypernyms ("groundbreaking ceremony" is a kind of...):
beginning; commencement; start (the act of starting something)
ceremony (the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion)
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