WINTERTIME

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)