Meaning: The coldest season of the year; the season between autumn and spring.
ASL student tip: Not to confuse this similar sign with COLD.
Variation.
Another variation for "winter" is sometimes two-handed "W" hands facing each other in contact and both hands move sideways in the opposite direction twice. This sign can sometimes mean "weather".
Found mostly in winter: SNOW, COLD, ICE, FROZEN, ICICLE, SNOWMAN, SNOWSTORM, SNOWBLOWER.
First 100 words.
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