| Pronunciation: | | hI'burnl
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| Matching Terms: | | hibernacle, hibernaculum, hibernate, hibernating(a), hibernation
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| | Definition: | | [adj] characteristic of or relating to winter; "bears in brumal sleep" |
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| | Synonyms: | | brumal, hiemal, wintery, wintry |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Hi*ber"nal\, a. [L. hibernalis, from the root of hiems
winter; akin to Gr. ? snow, Skr. hima cold, winter, snow: cf.
F. hibernal.]
Belonging or relating to winter; wintry; winterish. --Sir T.
Browne.
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| | Related Terms: | | aestival, algid, arctic, autumn, autumnal, below zero, biting, bitter, bitterly cold, bleak, boreal, brisk, brumal, canicular, cold, cold as charity, cold as death, cold as ice, cold as marble, crisp, cutting, equinoctial, freezing, freezing cold, frigid, gelid, glacial, hiemal, hyperborean, ice-cold, ice-encrusted, icelike, icy, inclement, keen, midsummer, midwinter, nipping, nippy, numbing, out of season, penetrating, piercing, pinching, raw, rigorous, seasonal, severe, sharp, Siberian, sleety, slushy, snappy, solstitial, spring, springlike, stone-cold, subzero, summer, summerlike, summerly, summery, supercooled, vernal, winter, winterbound, winterlike, wintery, wintry |
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