winter
IPA: wˈɪntɝ
noun
- Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as being from December to February in continental regions of the Northern Hemisphere or the months of June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region.
- (figuratively, poetic) The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
- (countable, fashion) Someone with dark skin, eyes and hair, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
- (obsolete) An appliance to be fixed on the front of a grate, to keep a kettle warm, etc.
- (India, archaic) The rainy season.
- (countable) A surname from the Germanic languages.
- (countable) A unisex given name
- A placename
- An unincorporated community in Senlac Rural Municipality No. 411, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States.
- A small town and village in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States.
- The personification of winter, wintertime
- (poetry) Alternative form of winter [Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as being from December to February in continental regions of the Northern Hemisphere or the months of June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region.]
verb
- (intransitive) To spend the winter (in a particular place).
- (transitive) To store something (for instance animals) somewhere over winter to protect it from cold.
adjective
- the coldest season of the year
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Examples of "winter" in Sentences
- Summer is moderate and the winter is chilling cold.
- The thawing of winter signals the coming of spring.
- It is cool in the summer and freezing in the winter.
- The summers are faintly warm and the winters are cold.
- The summers were hot and dusty, the winters cold and wet.
- The species is cold adapted and hibernates in the winter.
- The summers are hot and merciless, the winters cold and damp.
- The climate is mild in the summer to moderately cold in the winters.
- Well, the Chicago area is cold in the winter and humid in the summer
- Most buildings were hot and dusty in the summer and very cold in the winter.
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