December
/dɪˈsɛmbə
/noun
The twelfth month of the year, in the northern hemisphere usually considered the first month of winter: the fuel shortage worsened during December...
- This time last year we had doom and gloom, and December was the worst month of the year for growth.
- In December, the society announced it had two months to find the money to save the festival.
- Like most Decembers in the northern United States, the weather was bitterly cold, and Burdick struggled emotionally because she was over 150 miles away from her family.
Origin
Middle English: from Latin, from decem 'ten' (being originally the tenth month of the Roman year).
Rhymes
- on the (or one's) way out
- on the other hand
- on the outer
- on the outside
- on the outside looking in
- on the part of (or on my, their, etc., part)
- on the phone
- on the pig's back
- on the plus side
- on the port (or starboard) tack
- on the prod
- on the prowl
- on the quiet
- on the rack
- on the rails
- on the rebound
- on the right (or wrong) track
- on the right side of
- on the rise
- on the road
- on the rocks
- on the rope
- on the ropes
- on the run
- on the same page