summer and winter
Hot and cold
Summer and winter names the two extreme seasons, used together to span a full year or emphasize completeness of time: They worked summer and winter to finish the house.
The phrase suggests persistence through all conditions—both the heat and the cold, the easy months and the hard ones.
- vacationLeisure time away
- migrationMovement to new territory
- heatTransferred thermal energy
- coldLow temperature state
- short daysMinimal sunlight hours
growth · solstice · skiing · hibernation · daylight · blooming · dormancy · vitality · extremes · frost · stillness · cabin fever · darkness · sweater weather · harvest · decay · beach · contrast
- weavingloom, looms, power looms, warp, shuttle
- weave patternsweave, basketweave, twill, herringbone, satin
- weavestwill, satin weave, basket weave, tabby, jacquard
temporal completeness
summer and winteroccasionally
At infrequent intervals
sometimes · intermittently · sporadically · now and then · once in a while
summer, winter, summery, wintry, wintery, summers, winters, summered, wintered