Halloween

Hal-low-een · proper_noun

imported

Definitions

proper_noun

  1. 1.

    A holiday celebrated on October 31st, involving costumes, trick-or-treating, and spooky decorations.

Related words

See also: costume, hallowed, holiday
Synonyms: All Hallows' Eve

Etymology

Contraction of "All Hallows' Even" (the evening before All Saints' Day), from Old English halgian ("to make holy").