winternoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈwɪn.tər/us/ˈwɪn.t̬ɚ/A1 the season between autumn and spring, lasting from November to March north of the equator and from May to September south of the equator, when the weather is coldest:
I think you tend to eat more in (the) winter.
Last winter we went skiing.
It's been a surprisingly mild winter.
a winter/winter's day
winter weather/snow
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- Delicate plants need to be kept in a greenhouse during the winter.
- Everywhere looks so grey and depressing in winter.
- We need to conserve our supplies so we can get through the winter.
- The road is open now, but it is often blocked by snow in the winter.
- We tend to get cold winters and warm, dry summers in this part of the country.
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Names of months
- autumn
- autumnal
- clock
- dead
- estival
- fall
- in the dead of night/winter idiom
- in the depth(s) of winter idiom
- midsummer
- monsoon
- rain
- season
- seasonal
- seasonality
- seasonally
- spring
- spring fever
- summertime
- vernal
- wintertime
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winterverb [ I + adv/prep ]
uk/ˈwɪn.tər/us/ˈwɪn.t̬ɚ/(especially of a bird) to spend the winter in a particular place:
Birds migrate so that they can winter in a warmer country.
A lot of older people from northern states winter in Florida or Arizona.
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Changing homes & moving
- asylum seeker
- diaspora
- diaspora
- economic migrant
- emigrate
- immigration
- migrant
- move on
- move out
- mover
- moving
- removalist
- remover
- resettle
- residence
- settle
- shelter
- stake
- stick
- transfer
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