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WINTERTIME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
Synonyms:
winter; wintertime
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("wintertime" is a kind of...):
season; time of year (one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions)
Meronyms (parts of "wintertime"):
winter solstice (December 22, when the sun is at its southernmost point)
midwinter (the middle of winter)
