cold winters
Chilly annual stretches
Cold winters is a phrase describing winter seasons characterized by notably low temperatures.
The phrase often appears in discussions of climate, geography, or lifestyle: The region is known for its cold winters.
It can also function as a compound modifier: cold-winter crops, cold-winter climates.
The phrase is common but not idiomatic—its meaning follows directly from its parts.
- blizzardsViolent prolonged winter storms
- frostThin ice coating
- snowFrozen crystalline precipitation
- freezing rainPrecipitation forming ice on surfaces
- frozen lakesWater bodies turned solid
hibernation · long nights · subzero temperatures · below freezing · cabin fever · cozy blankets · fireplaces · hot cocoa · polar vortex · snowplows · salt trucks · migration · thermal clothing · Narnia · sleet · snowstorms · shoveling snow · ice
- MongoliaGobi Desert, Inner Mongolia, steppe, Mongols, nomads
- temperate zonestemperate zones, temperate zone, midlatitudes, mild weather, moderate temperatures
- Snowbeltlake effect snow, lake effect, Great Lakes region, heavy snowfall, snow squalls
- northern weatherblizzard, blizzards, snowfall, freezing temperatures, frost heaves
- North ChinaBeijing, Tianjin, Shandong, Inner Mongolia, Great Wall
- taigaboreal forest, taiga, spruce, coniferous forest, pine