birthday
/ˈbəːθdeɪ
/noun
1The anniversary of the day on which a person was born, typically treated as an occasion for celebration and the giving of gifts: his twenty-ninth birthday [as modifier]: a birthday cake...
- Family and friends gathered around a huge birthday cake singing Happy Birthday.
- Steve has made this cake on his birthday for his colleagues with an overwhelming positive response.
- On our birthdays we have a cake and smiley-face stickers.
1.1The day of a person’s birth: he shares a birthday with Rod Stewart...
- Here are a few prominent people that share their birthdays this month.
- I was born on his birthday and the twelfth anniversary of his return to the throne.
- My grandfather noted that the day I was born was also the birthday of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
1.2The anniversary of something’s origin or foundation: the seventy-fifth birthday of the Institute...
- Meanwhile, this Saturday is open day at the Hunt as the museum celebrates its seventh birthday.
- The Big Issue in Scotland will also celebrate its seventh birthday on 29 June.
- Google, celebrating its seventh birthday today, has revamped its video search service.
Phrases
in one's birthday suit
- phototopographical
- phototopography
- phototoxic
- phototoxicity
- phototransduction
- phototransformation
- phototransient
- phototransistor
- phototrope
- phototroph
- phototrophic
- phototrophy
- phototropic
- phototropism
- phototropy
- phototube
- phototype
- phototypeset
- phototypesetter
- phototypesetting
- phototypic
- phototypist
- phototypographic
- phototypography
- phototypy