/ ˌθæŋksˈgɪvɪŋ; NAmE / noun
1.
Thanksgiving (Day) [ U , C ] a public holiday in the US (on the fourth Thursday in November) and in Canada (on the second Monday in October), originally to give thanks to God for the harvest and for health :
We always eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
Are you going home for Thanksgiving?
—compare harvest festival
2.
[ U ] ( formal ) the expression of thanks to God