holidays
(usually after possessive) holiday, vacation; time off work, especially if spent travelling away from home.
Example
“Where are you going for your holidays this year?”
Other meanings
The season around Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and New Year's Day.
“Where will you be spending the holidays?”
Related words
- happy holidays
- high days and holidays
- summer holidays
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “holidays” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.