long weekend

noun

1. a weekend holiday extended by a day or days on either side

Example Sentences

What’s Next: Thanksgiving usually presents a full calendar of movie releases to take advantage of the long weekend.

Read more on Barron's

"But a long weekend, another qualifying and another couple of races to go but a good start."

Read more on BBC

He identifies “the desire to leave,” which overcame him during long weekend visits to extended family, as one of the first sensations he experienced.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

“It was supposed to be a fun, long weekend visiting my sister, but now I’m not even sure if it’s going to happen,” Pleites said.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

U.S. investors return from the long weekend with a keynote speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell later.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• anniversary 
• break 
• celebration 
• feast 
• festival 
• festivity 
• gala 
• layoff 
• recess 
• vacation