noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ last , this past ( esp. AmE )
▪ the following , next , this , this coming
▪ early , late
▪
It was impossible to walk the route in late ~.
▪ long
▪ bad , bitter , brutal ( esp. AmE ), cold , freezing , frigid ( esp. AmE ), hard , harsh , icy , severe , terrible
▪
one of the worst ~s we have ever had
▪ bleak , dark , dreary , grey/gray
▪ mild , warm
▪ wet
▪ nuclear
WINTER + NOUN
▪ conditions , temperature , weather
▪ sun , sunlight , sunshine
▪ cold
▪ frost , rain , snow
▪
plants which are susceptible to ~ frosts
▪ gale ( esp. BrE ), wind
▪ landscape , scene , sky
▪
the artist's bleak ~ scene
▪ solstice
▪ term
▪ break , holiday ( BrE ), vacation ( AmE )
▪ holidays (= the time including Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year) ( BrE , AmE )
▪ garden
▪ crop
▪ clothes , clothing , coat
▪ collection
▪ Olympics , sports
PHRASES
▪ go, fly, head, etc. south for the ~
▪
The birds fly south for the ~.
▪ in the dead of ~ , in the depths of ~
▪
a frigid midwestern city in the dead of ~