winters Definition

the season between autumn and spring comprising in the northern hemisphere usually the months of December, January, and February or as reckoned astronomically extending from the December solstice to the March equinox

the colder half of the year

year

to pass the winter

to feed or find food during the winter —used with on

to keep, feed, or manage during the winter

the chilling of climate that is hypothesized to be a consequence of nuclear war and to result from the prolonged blockage of sunlight by high-altitude dust clouds produced by nuclear explosions