WHILE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
   Synonym(s)
   • patch (what does patch mean?)
   • piece (what does piece mean?)
   • spell (what does spell mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he was here for a little while
   • I need to rest for a piece
   • a spell of good weather
   • a patch of bad weather
   Hypernyms(s) while is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • time (what does time mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • cold spell (what does cold spell mean?)
   • cold snap (what does cold snap mean?)
   • hot spell (what does hot spell mean?)
   • snap (what does snap mean?)