1. the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment; [syn: prohibition, prohibition era]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
prohibition era
n 1: the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic
beverages was prohibited in the United States by a
constitutional amendment [syn: prohibition, prohibition
era]