summer¹ /sumˈər/

1. The warm season of the year, lasting approximately from June to August in the northern hemisphere and from December to February in the southern hemisphere
2. In the astronomical year, the period of time between the summer solstice and the autumnal equinox
3. A spell of warm weather (see Indian summer under Indian, St Luke's summer and St Martin's summer under saint)
4. A year (poetic)
5. A time of peak maturity, heyday

Of, for or occurring in summer

To pass the summer

To keep through the summer

summˈering noun

summˈerlike adjective

summˈerly adjective

Warm and bright like summer

summˈery adjective

1. Like summer
2. Suitable for summer

summer cypress noun

Another name for kochia

summˈerhouse noun

1. A small building in a garden for sitting in in good weather
2. A summer residence

summer pudding noun

A pudding made of seasonal soft fruit and bread

summer savory see savory

summer school noun

A course of study held during the summer

summer season noun

Summer regarded as the busiest time of year for holidays and businesses connected with them, esp hotels

summˈer-seeming adjective (Shakespeare)

Perhaps hot and transient, like summer

summer solstice noun

The solstice that occurs around 21 June in the northern hemisphere (December in the southern)

summer stock noun (US)

1. A summer season of plays presented by a repertory company
2. Summer theatres collectively

summˈertide noun (archaic or poetic)

The summer season

summˈertime noun

The summer season

summer time noun

Time adopted in the summer (for daylight-saving purposes), usu one hour in advance of the standard local time

summˈer-weight adjective

(of clothes) light enough to be worn in summer

summˈerwood noun

Wood with smaller and thicker-walled cells than springwood, formed late in the growing season

• Windsor chair
• Windsor chairs
• Windsor knot
• Windsor knots
• Windsor soap
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• windswept
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• wind synthesizer
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