VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / yule

Thesaurus: yule

Christmas or Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of our Savior.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

Definitions

  1. n. Christmas or Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of our Savior.
  2. n. period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
  3. Christmas or Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of our Savior. And at each pause they kiss; was never seen such rule In any place but here, at bonfire, or at Yule. Drayton. Yule block, or Yule log, a large log of wood formerly put on the hearth of Christmas eve, as the foundation of the fire. It was brought in with much ceremony. -- Yule clog, the yule log. Halliwell. W. Irving.
  4. Christmas or Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of ourSavior.And at each pause they kiss; was never seen such rule In any placebut here, at bonfire, or at Yule. Drayton.Yule block, or Yule log, a large log of wood formerly put on thehearth of Christmas eve, as the foundation of the fire. It wasbrought in with much ceremony.-- Yule clog, the yule log. Halliwell. W. Irving.
  5. n period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6