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winter

Pronunciation: /ˈwɪntə/

Definition of winter

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

[attributive]

[no object, with adverbial of place]

(especially of a bird) spend the winter in a particular place:birds wintering in the Channel Islands
[with object] keep or feed (plants or cattle) during winter.

Derivatives

Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch winter and German Winter, probably also to wet

Definition of winter in the US English dictionary

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