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winter noun

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Definition

the season between autumn and spring, lasting from November to March north of the equator and from May to September south of the equator, when the weather is coldest
Last winter we went skiing.
It's been a surprisingly mild winter.
I think you tend to eat more in the winter.

(Definition of winter noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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