Translate winter | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of winter
noun
the coldest season of the year, in the northern hemisphere from December to February and in the southern hemisphere from June to August:the tree has a good crop of berries in winter [as modifier]:the winter months Astronomy the period from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox. (
winters)
literary years:he seemed a hundred winters old
adjective
[attributive] (of fruit and vegetables) ripening late in the growing season and suitable for storage over the winter:a winter apple (of wheat or other crops) sown in autumn for harvesting the following year.
verb
[no object] (especially of a bird) spend the winter in a particular place:birds wintering in the Caribbean [with object] keep or feed (plants or cattle) during winter.
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