winter break

American  

noun

• winter breaks
  plural

1. a period of vacation between semesters of colleges, universities, or other schools and usually including the winter holidays.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• winter breaks
  plural

Example Sentences

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winter break

Daniel was a college freshman home on winter break.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

In 2024, when the family was returning from winter break in St. Thomas in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

I'm not saying all these teams lost because we don't have a winter break.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

When Joziah returned to his hometown over winter break, he went out with some female friends, during which they were recorded on Meta AI glasses and posted on social media without their consent.

From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2026

We didn’t have access to the dance rooms at school over winter break, and we were really sick of the cardboard boxes we’d used on weekends, so we splurged on an upgrade.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi