winter
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Is winter a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
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What is the meaning of winter?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (figuratively, poetic) The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.Examples: "Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge."; "Buterin seemed to sense that the market was out of balance, and he made a smart decision that helped Ethereum weather the crypto winter and continue to build while the market was down."countablefigurativelypoeticuncountable
2. (countable, fashion) Someone with dark skin, eyes and hair, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.countable
3. (obsolete) An appliance to be fixed on the front of a grate, to keep a kettle warm, etc.countableobsoleteuncountable
4. (India, archaic) The rainy season.Examples: "Note that the Citie of Goa is the principall place of all the Oriental India, and the winter thus beginneth the 15 of May, with very great raine."; "The Winter heere beginneth about the first of Iune and dureth till the twentieth of September, but not with continuall raines as at Goa, but for some sixe or seuen dayes every change and full, with much wind, thunder and raine."; "In Winter (when they rarely stir) they have a Mumjama, or Wax Cloth to throw over it […]"Indiaarchaiccountableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To spend the winter (in a particular place).Examples: "When they retired, they hoped to winter in Florida."; "Those who seek to invade another country anywhere across the great Eurasian steppes are condemned eventually to winter in it."intransitive
2. (transitive) To store something (for instance animals) somewhere over winter to protect it from cold.transitive
name (English)
1. (countable) A surname from the Germanic languages.countable
2. (countable) A unisex given name.countable
noun (English)
1. (poetry) Alternative letter-case form of winter.alt-ofcountableuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary