winter

The coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring.

• It often snows here in winter.
• Last winter was warmer than usual.
• We spend our winters near the sea.

Opposites: summer

Common phrases: in winter, winter weather, winter clothes

To spend the coldest season of the year in a particular place.

• The birds winter in Africa.
• We wintered on the coast last year.
• The farmer winters his cattle in a sheltered valley.

How to use it: winter in a place (These birds winter in southern Spain.)

Similar words: overwinter

Common phrases: winter in Florida, winter on something, winter in Spain