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cutaway |
a man's formal daytime coat with sides tapering toward tails at the back. [1/4 definitions] |
day camp |
a place or program that offers recreational or instructional activities during the daytime for children who are on vacation from school. |
day care |
daytime care and supervision, in a home or day-care center, esp. for preschool children, or after-school or vacation care for older children, or supervised daytime care for elderly or disabled people. [1/2 definitions] |
days |
during the daytime regularly. |
diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. (Cf. nocturnal.) [1/2 definitions] |
good day |
used as expression of greeting or farewell in the daytime. |
light1 |
dawn or daytime. [1/13 definitions] |
morning dress |
formal daytime clothes for men, including a cutaway coat. |
noon |
twelve o'clock in the daytime; midday. |
sky blue |
a color like that of a clear daytime sky; light to pale blue; azure. |
soap opera |
a melodramatic serialized drama, usu. broadcast on daytime television or radio. |
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