WINTER
Dictionary entry overview: What does winter mean?
• WINTER (noun)
The noun WINTER has 1 sense:
1. the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
Familiarity information: WINTER used as a noun is very rare.
• WINTER (verb)
The verb WINTER has 1 sense:
1. spend the winter
Familiarity information: WINTER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WINTER (noun)
Meaning:
The coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
winter; wintertime
Hypernyms ("winter" is a kind of...):
season; time of year (one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions)
Meronyms (parts of "winter"):
winter solstice (December 22, when the sun is at its southernmost point)
midwinter (the middle of winter)
• WINTER (verb)
Meaning:
Spend the winter
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
overwinter; winter
Context examples:
We wintered on the Riviera / Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island
Hypernyms (to "winter" is one way to...):
pass; spend (pass (time) in a specific way)
Sentence frames:
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