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half-term

noun [C usually singular]
 
 

Definition

in the UK, a short holiday in the middle of each of the three periods into which the school year is dividedSchools in general
(Definition of half-term noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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