war time
Speech parts
1. war time - Noun
2. War time - Proper noun
Meaning
war time (countable and uncountable, plural war times)
Alternative spelling of wartime
War Time
(US, historical) Daylight saving time, as used in the United States during World War I and World War II to conserve energy that would otherwise be required for lighting.
war-time (countable and uncountable, plural war-times)
Alternative spelling of wartime
Alternative names
war-time
Examples
Although its missions to Thailand to help victims of war in Southeast Asia could arguably be seen as its first war-time mission, MSF saw its first mission to a true war zone, including exposure to hostile fire, in 1976.
A full account of Yellin’s war-time experience can be found in the book The Last Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II.
After the war, Marks became a playwright and screenwriter, writing scripts that frequently utilised his war-time cryptographic experiences.
During his seven days of fundraising, Hammond — wearing a mask — chatted with people who joined him along the way about the history of the Ghana, his war-time experiences and what happened when he came home.
And that is why I intend to engage Congress about the existing Authorization to Use Military Force, or AUMF, to determine how we can continue to fight terrorists without keeping America on a perpetual war-time footing.
By the end of the 1980s, severe shortages of basic food supplies (meat, sugar) led to the reintroduction of the war-time system of distribution using food cards that limited each citizen to a certain amount of product per month.