all-year

[ awl-yeer ]

/ ˈɔlˌyɪər /

adjective

taking up, extending through, or occurring continually during a year: an all-year activity.

open all year, as for business or occupancy: an all-year resort.

usable or productive during all parts of a year: all-year pasture; all-year fishing grounds.

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Nearby words

all-terrain bike, all-terrain vehicle, all-time, all-weather, all-wheel drive, all-year, alla breve, alla marcia, alla prima, alla vostra salute, allachesthesia

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Examples from the Web for all-year

Now, without warning, he was driven to relegate himself to the lower levels of a sort of all-year Lenten penance.
The Brentons|Anna Chapin Ray
On the other hand, it is difficult to explain the failure of the diarist to mention the Mokelumne, an all-year stream.
Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820|Sherburne Friend Cook
Christian New York never had an all-year bath-house until now.
The Battle with the Slum|Jacob A. Riis.