snow day

American  

noun

snow days plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• snow days
  plural

Example Sentences

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

From Slate • Feb. 28, 2026

People across Scotland are being warned to prepare for more snow and ice as the north and north-east of the country enters their ninth consecutive snow day.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

But in recent years, some districts, including Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, have reverted back to prepandemic snow day policies.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024

Schools in the Lincoln area canceled classes, marking the third snow day this week for students in the Lincoln Public School system.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024

This is not, for us, an occasion for joy like a snow day for the grade-school crowd, because Ted blames us for his customers’ fecklessness.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich