seasonal

B2 Topic:Time
US /ˈsiːzənəl/
adj noun Freq #17723

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Happening or available only at a particular time of year.

    I enjoy eating seasonal fruit and vegetables.

  2. 2
    adj

    Connected with a particular season or time of year, especially the weather.

    The cold wind is seasonal, so nobody complains.

  3. 3
    noun

    A worker who is employed only at certain times of the year.

    The farm hires seasonals to pick the apples in autumn.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 noun · a worker who is employed... seasonal worker
Word family
Derived forms aseasonalcontraseasonalcoseasonalhyperseasonalinterseasonalintraseasonalmultiseasonalnonseasonalperiseasonalpostseasonalpreseasonalpseudoseasonal
Related forms equinoctialsolstitial

Etymology

From season + -al.

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