1. the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox; - Example: "they spent a lazy summer at the shore" [syn: summer, summertime]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
summertime
n 1: the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere
it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal
equinox; "they spent a lazy summer at the shore" [syn:
summer, summertime]