Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spring break

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.73 in modern English

Syllables: spring break
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A time of vacation from school that occurs during the spring.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The week of vacation from school that occurs during the winter-spring semester, which does not necessarily fall within the official season of spring.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"“We are on the edge of an AI surge that will make the dotcom boom look like spring break,” says Boris Feldman, co-head of Freshfield's global tech practice, who advises multiple “magnificent seven” tech companies."

Usage

Inflected Forms

spring breaks (plural)

Phrases

spring breaker

Frequently Paired Words

summer vacation harvest break back-to-school

Synonyms

March break

Questions

What does spring break mean?: A time of vacation from school that occurs during the spring.

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