The coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox.

synonym: wintertime.

Roget 126: evening, eve; decline of day, fall of day, close of day; candlelight, candlelighting^†; eventide, nightfall, curfew, dusk, twilight, eleventh hour; sunset, sundown; going down of the sun, cock-shut, dewy eve, gloaming, bedtime.    afternoon, postmeridian, p.   m. autumn, fall, fall of the leaf; autumnal equinox; Indian summer, St.    Luke's summer, St.    Martin's summer. midnight; dead of night, witching hour, witching hour of night, witching time of night; winter; killing time.    ... show more

Roget 383: cold, coldness etc. adj.; frigidity, inclemency, fresco.    winter; depth of winter, hard winter; Siberia, Nova Zembla; wind-chill factor.    [forms of frozen water] ice; snow, snowflake, snow crystal, snow drift; sleet; hail, hailstone; rime, frost; hoar frost, white frost, hard frost, sharp frost; barf; glaze [U.S.], lolly [U.S.]; icicle, thick-ribbed ice; fall of snow, heavy fall; iceberg, icefloe; floe berg; glacier; nev_ee, serac^†; pruina^†.    [cold substances] freezing mixture, dry ice, liquid nitrogen, liquid helium.    [Sensation of cold] chilliness etc. adj.; chill; shivering etc. v.; goose skin, horripilation^†; rigor; chattering of teeth; numbness, frostbite.    ... show more

Dutch: winter, winterseizoen, wintertijd
Polish: zima

Spend the winter:
— We wintered on the Riviera.
— Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island.

synonym: overwinter.

Dutch: laten overwinteren, overwinteren, verwinteren