WINTER SOLSTICE
Dictionary entry overview: What does winter solstice mean? • WINTER SOLSTICE (noun)
The noun WINTER SOLSTICE has 1 sense:
1. December 22, when the sun is at its southernmost point
Familiarity information: WINTER SOLSTICE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WINTER SOLSTICE (noun)
Meaning:
December 22, when the sun is at its southernmost point
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("winter solstice" is a kind of...):
solstice (either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator)
Holonyms ("winter solstice" is a part of...):
winter; wintertime (the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox)
Antonym:
summer solstice (June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point)
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