British Summer Time
noun [U] (abbreviation BST)Definition
› the time used in the UK from late March to late October, that is one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean TimeSpecific periods of time
(Definition of British Summer Time noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- BST noun
- calendar month noun
- daylight saving time noun
- depth noun (STRENGTH)
- Eastern Standard Time noun
- fortnight noun
- generation noun (AGE GROUP)
- hundred number
- lunar month noun
- microsecond noun
- midpoint noun (TIME)
- Midsummer('s) Day noun
- midwinter noun
- nightlong adjective, adverb
- Q, q noun (PERIOD OF TIME)
- quarter noun (FOURTH PART)
- response time noun
- s noun
- sec.
- trimester noun
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