SUMMERTIME

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox

Example:

they spent a lazy summer at the shore

Synonyms:

summer; summertime

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("summertime" 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 "summertime"):

June 21; midsummer; summer solstice (June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point)

canicular days; canicule; dog days (the hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity)