winter


Definition: Meaning of, winter in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈwɪntə /

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Singular Plural
winter winters
[uncountable and countable]
  1. the season after autumn and before spring, when the weather is coldest [↪  summer]
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
winter wintered wintered
Present Participle Third Person Singular
wintering winters
[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] [formal]
  1. to spend the winter somewhere
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winter used in phrases

  • Austrian winter pea (noun)
    1. variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage
  • In the Bleak Mid-Winter
    1. a Christmas CAROL (= a traditional religious song) which is especially popular in the UK
  • Madeira winter cherry (noun)
    1. small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit
  • Winter Olympic Games (noun)
    1. an Olympics for winter sports
  • Winter Olympics (noun)
    1. an Olympics for winter sports
  • early winter cress (noun)
    1. of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida
  • love-in-winter (noun)
    1. eurasian herb with white or pinkish flowers in a terminal corymb
  • nuclear winter (noun)
    1. a long period of darkness and extreme cold that scientists predict would follow a full-scale nuclear war; a layer of dust and smoke in the atmosphere would cover the earth and block the rays of the sun; most living organisms would perish
  • winter aconite (noun)
    1. small Old World perennial herb grown for its bright yellow flowers which appear in early spring often before snow is gone
  • winter cherry (noun)
    1. old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx
    2. small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit
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