seasonnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsiː.zən/us/ˈsiː.zən/B1 one of the four periods of the year; spring, summer, autumn, or winter
B1 the period of the year when something that happens every year happens:
B1 the period of the year during which a particular sport is played:
the period when most people take their holidays, spend time with their families, go to visit places, or take part in an activity outside work:
mainly US UK usually series one of several series of television programmes with the same title and the same characters:
UK a period when a set of programmes, plays, or musical events are broadcast or performed:
B2 If fruit and vegetables are in season, they are being produced in the area and are available and ready to eat:
at the time of year when many people want to travel or have a holiday:
A female animal that is in season is ready to have sex and able to become pregnant.
An animal that is in season can be hunted legally during a particular period of time.
C1 If fruit and vegetables are out of season, they do not grow in the area during that time:
C2 during the period when fewer people want to travel or have a holiday
during the period when it is not legal to hunt animals
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- Autumn is my favourite season.
- Vegetable prices fluctuate according to the season.
- We could always go later in the season.
- The island is very busy during the tourist season.
- April sees the start of the football season.
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Names of months
- autumn
- autumnal
- dead
- depth
- estival
- fall
- in the dead of night/winter idiom
- in the depth(s) of winter idiom
- midsummer
- monsoon
- rain
- seasonal
- seasonality
- seasonally
- spring
- spring fever
- summertime
- vernal
- winter
- wintertime
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Idiom(s)
seasonverb [ T ]
uk/ˈsiː.zən/us/ˈsiː.zən/season verb [ T ] (FLAVOUR)
to improve the flavour of savoury food by adding salt, herbs, or spices when cooking or preparing it:
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Preparing food
- butter
- can't boil an egg idiom
- caramelize
- carve
- clarified
- cube
- fold
- knead
- leaven
- liquidize
- malt
- marinade
- prep
- salt
- slow food
- spice
- stuffed
- sweeten
- thicken
- thin
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season verb [ T ] (WOOD)
to make wood hard by drying it gradually, in order to make it ready for use
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Building: carpentry & joinery
- beading
- bevel
- bevelled
- cabinetmaker
- carpenter
- fretsaw
- gimlet
- jigsaw
- joinery
- mitre
- mortice
- panel
- plane
- prime
- sand
- sandpaper
- sawdust
- shelve
- tenon
- woodwork
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