winter

Universal Words noun, verb noun [U,C] the coldest season of the year, between autumn/fall and spring: a mild / severe / hard winter * Our house can be very cold in (the) winter. * They worked on the building all through the winter. * We went to New Zealand last winter. * the winter months * a winter coat IDIOMS see DEADn. verb [V] [usually +adv./prep.] to spend the winter somewhere: Many British birds winter in Africa. * Increasing numbers of retired people are wintering abroad. compareOVERWINTER