midwinter
Americannoun
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the middle or depth of the winter
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( as modifier )
a midwinter festival
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another name for winter solstice
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On midwinter, if standing in the centre of the circle, you would see the sun set over an alter stone to the south west of the site.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026
How were so many otherwise reasonable people pranked into venturing to an empty Brooklyn Bridge Park in the bleak midwinter as 2025 ebbed to nothing, for nothing?
From Salon • Jan. 21, 2026
Even in midwinter, they need to swim, but still must be kept warm and dry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
As a result, vegetation that would typically be full of water by midwinter instead remained parched.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2025
His beard was like a forest of ice-covered trees in midwinter, his eyebrows like a field of thistles, his breath as rank and foul as a midden in a bog.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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