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NOEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Noel mean?
• NOEL (noun)
The noun NOEL has 1 sense:
1. period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
Familiarity information: NOEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Christmas; Christmastide; Christmastime; Noel; Yule; Yuletide
Hypernyms ("Noel" is a kind of...):
season (a recurrent time marked by major holidays)
Meronyms (parts of "Noel"):
Boxing Day (first weekday after Christmas)
Holonyms ("Noel" is a part of...):
Jan; January (the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice)
Context examples
A WHO scientist and expert on air pollution, Marie Noel Brune Drisse, warns that many babies will have neurodevelopment problems, resulting in lower IQs.
(WAir Pollution a Health Risk for Children, Lisa Schlein/VOA)
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