snow day

American  

noun

1. a day on which public schools or other institutions are closed due to heavy snow.

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snow day British  

noun

1. a day on which heavy snow makes it impossible for children to attend school

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Example Sentences

This has long been a natural chain of events: Growing up in Newark, a snow day meant war.

From Slate

City schools will close Monday for the city’s first “old-school snow day” since 2019, Mamdani said.

From The Wall Street Journal

City schools will be closed, their first “old-school snow day” since 2019, Mamdani said.

From The Wall Street Journal

It had felt like one long snow day, and—best yet—his mom had said that the landlords weren’t allowed to evict anyone, so they wouldn’t have to move.

From Literature

Speaking to local television Friday, Democrat Mamdani said he was not planning to close schools Monday and that remote learning was an option -- even as one student emailed the mayor's wife and spelled out a case for a snow day.

From Barron's