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winterize verb[ T ] mainly US(UK usuallywinterise)uk /ˈwɪn.tə.raɪz / us /ˈwɪn.t̬ə.raɪz / to prepare something so that it can be lived in or used in winter, or so that it remains in good condition and can used again after the winter: They tried to get finance from a local organization to help them purchase fuel and winterize their house. The vehicles have been winterized to endure the cold Alaskan weather. For those of you with a boat on Britain’s canals and rivers, it’s time to think about winterising it. They would winterize their boat for the off-season and launch it again in the spring. Unfortunately, broken pipes are common even in homes that have been winterized. The city plans to shut down and winterize the cabins and close the park to public access until the spring. In order to stay, we would have had to winterize and store the RV and then find somewhere to live for the winter. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Preserving and saving aspic co-processing conserve deliverer documentalist documentarily lifeguard reclaim recycled reprieve rescue rescuer reusable rewild self-sustaining sustain sustainedly unadopted unappropriated unassigned |