TEBET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tebet mean? 

• TEBET (noun)
  The noun TEBET has 1 sense:

1. the fourth month of the civil year; the tenth month of the ecclesiastical year (in December and January)

  Familiarity information: TEBET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEBET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The fourth month of the civil year; the tenth month of the ecclesiastical year (in December and January)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Tebet; Tevet

Hypernyms ("Tebet" is a kind of...):

Jewish calendar month (a month in the Jewish calendar)

Meronyms (parts of "Tebet"):

Channukah; Channukkah; Chanukah; Chanukkah; Feast of Dedication; Feast of Lights; Feast of the Dedication; Festival of Lights; Hannukah; Hanukah; Hanukkah ((Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC)

Holonyms ("Tebet" is a part of...):

Hebrew calendar; Jewish calendar ((Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years)