Definitions
Coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring.
Word origin
From Middle English winter, from Old English winter, from Proto-West Germanic *wintru, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz (“winter”). Cognate with West Frisian winter (“winter”), Dutch winter (“winter”), German Winter (“winter”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vinter (“winter”), Faroese and Icelandic vetur (“winter”).
Used in a sentence
“And after summer evermore succeeds Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold.”
“There shall he learn, ere sixteen winters old, That …”
“[…] a woman, tall, and strong of aspect, of some thirty winters by seeming, [...]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues
01“Season for snow”6 letters
02“Snow season”6 letters
03“Snowy season”6 letters
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