wet winter

collocation in English

meaningsofwetandwinter

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wet
adjective
uk
/wet/us
/wet/
covered in water or ...
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winter
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈwɪn.tər/us
/ˈwɪn.t̬ɚ/
the season between autumn and spring, lasting from November to March north of the equator and from May to September south of the equator, when the weather ...
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(Definition ofwetandwinterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Additionally, the recentwetwinterhas delayed the finishing works.
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Many people in farming have had a very hard,wetwinter.
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On awetwinterevening, they are not going to open the windows, believe me.
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Because of thewetwinterand the high cost of fodder, cattle have not been fed on normal rations.
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It is a great boon to have entertainment in one's own home on awetwinterevening.
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Has he had a report made on the condition of these roads during thewetwintermonths?
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It happens whenever we get awetwinter, and a great many of these fields are now growing rushes more than anything else.
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It is a matter of general knowledge that this has been a verywetwinter, and the full amount allocated has not been spent.
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There is nothing worse than having one's home flooded, particularly at the beginning of what was to be a verywetwinter.
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Is a requirement to join a cross-country run on a cold andwetwinterafternoon for the improvement of my own moral and physical fibre only entirely therapeutic?
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The wet followed by the continued drought and then thewetwinterlast year caused great problems for the soft fruit grower.
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The arrival ofwetwinterweather slowed progress on the batteries.
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It ceased operations in 1955 due to an especiallywetwinter.
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Some areas will experience a longer hot and dry summer with a mild/coolwetwinter.
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However, there is usually only water during awetwinter.
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Damage from liquefaction may have been worsened by the high water table from awetwinter.
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Following the exceptionallywetwinterand spring of 1962, the elevated expressway turned the breached canal into an overflowing pool.
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Awetwinterand several spring floods in the river made the quick clay under the topsoil in a large area of the valley turn into a fluid.
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All are perennials that grow during thewetwinterseason, flower in spring and survive underground as dormant corms over summer.
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