Definition of winter

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Winter (n.) The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.

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Boxberry :: Boxberry (n.) The wintergreen. (Gaultheria procumbens).
Baldwin :: Baldwin (n.) A kind of reddish, moderately acid, winter apple..
December :: December (n.) Fig.: With reference to the end of the year and to the winter season; as, the December of his life..
Last :: Last (v. i.) To endure use, or continue in existence, without impairment or exhaustion; as, this cloth lasts better than that; the fuel will last through the winter..
Ordinarily :: Ordinarily (adv.) According to established rules or settled method; as a rule; commonly; usually; in most cases; as, a winter more than ordinarily severe..
Wintered :: Wintered (imp. & p. p.) of Winte.
Savoy :: Savoy (n.) A variety of the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea major), having curled leaves, -- much cultivated for winter use..
Alkekengi :: Alkekengi (n.) An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato..
Ringneck :: Ringneck (n.) Any one of several species of small plovers of the genus Aegialitis, having a ring around the neck. The ring is black in summer, but becomes brown or gray in winter. The semipalmated plover (Ae. semipalmata) and the piping plover (Ae. meloda) are common North American species. Called also ring plover, and ring-necked plover..
Open :: Open (a.) Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing water ways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; -- used of the weather or the climate; as, an open season; an open winter..
Fieldfare :: Fieldfare (n.) a small thrush (Turdus pilaris) which breeds in northern Europe and winters in Great Britain. The head, nape, and lower part of the back are ash-colored; the upper part of the back and wing coverts, chestnut; -- called also fellfare..
Hibernaculum :: Hibernaculum (n.) Winter home or abiding place.
Tore :: Tore (n.) The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring.
Hardy :: Hardy (a.) Able to withstand the cold of winter.
Rigor :: Rigor (n.) Severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor of the storm; the rigors of winter..
Hiems :: Hiems (n.) Winter.
Vivacious :: Vivacious (a.) Living through the winter, or from year to year; perennial..
Severity :: Severity (n.) The quality or power of distressing or paining; extreme degree; extremity; intensity; inclemency; as, the severity of pain or anguish; the severity of cold or heat; the severity of the winter..
Hyemation :: Hyemation (n.) The act of affording shelter in winter.
Ephippium :: Ephippium (n.) A saddle-shaped cavity to contain the winter eggs, situated on the back of Cladocera..
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