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dead of winter

dead of winter noun: the middle of the winter, characterized by being particularly cold.

Noun

dead of winter

  1. (idiomatic) The middle of the winter, characterized by being particularly cold.
    • ‘A cold coming we had of it,
      Just the worst time of the year
      For a journey, and such a long journey:
      The ways deep and the weather sharp,
      The very dead of winter.’1927 August, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “[Ariel Poems.] Journey of the Magi.”, in Collected Poems 1909–1935, London: Faber & Faber […], published September 1954, →OCLC, page 107
    • Eleanor chronicled both her solo journey from Beijing via the Trans-Siberian Railroad to Novosibirsk and Semipalatinsk and then via sled in the dead of winter to Chuguchak and the couple's subsequent travels in Turkestan Reunion. Their odyssey together across Xinjiang provided the framework for...1995 April 16, Orville Schell, “THE STRANGE ORDEAL OF OWEN LATTIMORE”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2017

Questions about dead of winter

What does dead of winter mean?
Dead of winter means the middle of the winter, characterized by being particularly cold.
What part of speech is dead of winter?
Dead of winter is a noun.

Words near dead of winter in the dictionary

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  4. dead nuts
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  6. dead of winter
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  8. dead oils
  9. dead on
  10. dead on arrival
  11. dead on one's feet

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