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 altar stone to the south west of the site.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
By midwinter, Los Angeles is defined less by cold than by light.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 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
In fact, there are two small islands in the middle of the Bering Strait, where you could potentially walk from the United States to Russia in midwinter.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
He was fast asleep, snoring like a squirrel in midwinter, oblivious to all about him.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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