winter

the season between autumn and spring comprising in the northern hemisphere usually the months of December, January, and February or as reckoned astronomically extending from the December solstice to the March equinox

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

6 Letters, 2 Syllable

winter

5 Phonemes

w i n t er

onset, rime

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Morpheme

winter

Sentence Examples

They spend winters in Florida.

We're in for a cold winter this year, I hear.

She traveled there two winters ago.

The birds will winter in the southern part of the country.

My family winters in Florida.

The farm agreed to winter our horses for us.

Common Phrases

buy straw hats in winter

Especially of stocks, to buy when both demand and cost are low so that one may then sell when demand and price are high. A phrase attributed to Russell Sage, a 19th-century American investor and financier. Primarily heard in US.

dead of night

The middle of the night.

dead of winter

The middle of winter, which is usually especially cold.

in the dead of winter

In or during the middle of winter, especially at its coldest, darkest period.

Old Man Winter

A personification of cold winter weather.

summer and winter

To monitor one's behavior or abilities for a sufficiently long period of time.

winter blues

A period of depression, melancholy, or unhappiness experienced during the dark, cold months of winter.

winter is coming

An ominous warning about future danger or trouble.

winter on (something)

To rely on something as a primary source of nutrition during the winter months.

winter over

To survive, endure, or tolerate the winter climate.

winter rat

A beat-up car that one does not mind driving in harsh winter weather. Primarily heard in US.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

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