Definitions for solstice

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solstice sol·stice

Spelling: [sol-stis, sohl-]

IPA: /ˈsɒl stɪs, ˈsoʊl-/

Solstice is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 317 anagrams from letters in solstice (ceilosst).

Definitions for solstice

noun

1. Astronomy. either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point. Compare summer solstice, winter solstice. either of the two points in the ecliptic farthest from the equator.
2. a furthest or culminating point; a turning point.

Origin of solstice

1200-50; Middle English Old French Latin sōlstitium, equivalent to sōl sun + -stit-, combining form of stat-, variant stem of sistere to make stand (see stand) + -iu

Examples for solstice

Jupiter in Taurus makes magical links to Neptune and the Sun on the Summer solstice, Tuesday.

So there we have it—pregnant virgins galore on this happy winter solstice celebration.

Next, Murillo opens a bottle of their Special Edition, which they distill every six months on the solstice.

As early as the winter solstice the cold began to make itself felt.

Mars enters Gemini, on the solstice, Tuesday, inspiring lust in/for someone who might be considered too close for comfort.

They ripen at the beginning of autumn, and last till after the solstice.

They ripen in autumn and sometimes last almost to the winter solstice.

As the winter solstice brought the start of the longest night of the year, it also seemed the darkest along West 60th Street.

For a few moments the sun stands at the summer solstice—its highest point.

The time of their incursion is from the summer solstice to the middle of winter.