plural of winter rat

(automotive) A tire with rubber that remains soft in most winter temperatures, to maintain grip on snow on ice, with good tread life on dry roads in cold conditions (tread life is poor in warm and hot conditions)

(astronomy) An asterism with vertices at Rigel, Aldebaran, Capella, Pollux, Procyon, and Sirius.

Synonym of Old Man Winter

plural of winter road

A type of temporary road that is only accessible in continuous long-term sub-freezing weather, typically only open during deep winter, across terrain that in warmer weather is composed of mud, muskeg, swamp, open water, and similar.

A meteorological event in which the dominant varieties of precipitation are forms that only occur at cold temperatures, such as snow or sleet, or a rainstorm in which ground temperatures are cold enough to allow ice to form.

Land that is kept fallow during the winter.

Of pasture, having livestock removed from it so that it may recover from grazing.

(transitive) To feed (livestock) during the winter.