WINTERTIME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wintertime mean? 

• WINTERTIME (noun)
  The noun WINTERTIME has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: WINTERTIME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WINTERTIME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

winter; wintertime

Hypernyms ("wintertime" is a kind of...):

season; time of year (one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions)

Meronyms (parts of "wintertime"):

winter solstice (December 22, when the sun is at its southernmost point)

midwinter (the middle of winter)

 Context examples 

Wintertime covers roughly 30 percent of the Earth in a blanket of snow, which means solar panels usually do not operate smoothly in these regions during this season.

(Nanogenerator Creates Electricity from Snowfall, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)