wartime

nounattested in dialogue

//ˈwɔː(ɹ)taɪm//

A period during which a war is in progress in a particular place.

noun

1
A period during which a war is in progress in a particular place.
But, she says, a wartime ban on recordings using shellac and vinyl kept the Walker version from being released.
Significant rail projects have been mothballed before in the face of changed circumstances - in particular, the LNER Woodhead project which was postponed due to wartime conditions and not revived until 1948, as money became available after nationalisation.

Etymology

Etymology tree English war Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time English wartime From war + time.

Forms

plural: wartimes

Warsaw · The capital city of Poland; the capital city of Masovian…warship · Any ship built or armed for naval combat.Warship · A British Rail Class 41 locomotive, dating from the late…

wartime · A period during which a war is in progress in a particular place.

Warwick · A town and civil parish with a town council in Warwick…wary · Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against…was · Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic…

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