Hols

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A period of time away from work or school for rest and enjoyment
2. A break from regular duties for leisure, travel, or recreation
3. Time off from one's usual responsibilities, typically spent relaxing or with family

Etymology: "Hols" is a clipping of "holidays," shortened by dropping the final syllable and keeping the core of the longer word. Clippings like this are common in British English, where "hols" is a familiar casual term for time off work or school, especially for a trip or vacation, as in "off on my hols." The longer word it comes from, "holiday," originally meant a holy day, a religious feast or festival, from the Old English "hāligdæg," literally "holy day." Over time the sense broadened from sacred observance to a day of rest from work, and eventually to leisure time away.

Synonyms: holidays, vacation, break

Antonyms: work