Usually means: Christmas holiday celebrated with joy.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word Xmas:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. xmas: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Xmas, Xmas: Merriam-Webster
  3. Xmas: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Xmas: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. Xmas: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Xmas: Vocabulary.com
  7. XMas, X'mas, Xmas, xmas: Wordnik
  8. Xmas, xmas: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Xmas: Wiktionary
  10. Xmas: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. Xmas: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. Xmas: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Xmas: Dictionary.com
  14. Xmas: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. xmas: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Xmas: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Xmas: Rhymezone
  18. Xmas: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. xmas: FreeDictionary.org
  20. xmas: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. Xmas: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. xmas: Netlingo
  2. Xmas: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. XMAS: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  (informal) Abbreviation of Christmas. [(originally Christianity) A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places.]
▸ verb:  (informal) Abbreviation of Christmas. [(transitive, informal) To decorate (a place) with Christmas (“sprigs of holly and other evergreen plants used as Christmas decorations, or any Christmas decorations”).]
▸ noun:  (informal) Alternative form of Xmas

Similar:
Christmas Day, Christmas, dec 25, Christmastime, holidays, christmas, Hannukah, yuletide, Hanukah, Halloween, more...

Opposite:
Christmas, Nativity, Yuletide

Types:
Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Yule, Solstice, New Year's, Boxing Day, Festivus, more...

Phrases:
merry xmas, Merry Xmas Everybody, Xmas Time of the Year, Xmas Story, xmas missive, more...

Adjectives:
merry, happy, last, next, good, nice, quiet, pre, pleasant, fine, post
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Similar:
Christmas Day, Christmas, dec 25, Christmastime, holidays, christmas, Hannukah, yuletide, Hanukah, Halloween, more...

Opposite:
Christmas, Nativity, Yuletide

Types:
Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Yule, Solstice, New Year's, Boxing Day, Festivus, more...

Phrases:
merry xmas, Merry Xmas Everybody, Xmas Time of the Year, Xmas Story, xmas missive, decorates xmas tree, like xmas, more...

Adjectives:
merry, happy, last, next, good, nice, quiet, pre, pleasant, fine, post



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