winter

/ˈwɪn·tər/ n [C/U]

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› the season when the weather is coldest between fall and spring, lasting from November to March north of the equator and from May to September south of the equator: [C] last/next/this winter [U] My grandparents often vacation in Florida for part of the winter.

(Definition of winter n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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