How to pronounce winter
American English pronunciation
WIN-ter
- IPA
- /ˈwɪntɚ/
- Syllables
- WIN · ter (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What winter means
Most people know winter in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
To spend the cold months in one place
In a sentence: Many ducks winter on the warm lake, far from the snow.
Where it comes from: It is the old word for the cold season, used as an action. To winter somewhere is to pass that season there.
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