interwar

Definition

During or relating to the period of time between two wars, especially the two World Wars (1919–1939).

Etymology

From inter- + war.

Example Sentences

• "His family emigrated to America in the interwar years."
• "But while there remains a considerable degree of consensus that the consequence of apparently losing the plot sometime between 1914 and 1918 was the cultural and economic malaise of the 1920s and 1930s, there are still some who look back on the interwar years less with criticism than with nostalgia."
• "One sample menu from the interwar period includes cream cheese and pimento sandwiches, buttered crumpets, coffee éclairs, chocolate sponge roll, buttered date and walnut loaf, maid-of-honor tarts, and queen cakes."