either of the two times of the year at which the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at midday, marked by the longest and shortest daysthe summer/winter solsticeWordfindersundaylight,eclipse,equinox,ray,rise,solar,solstice,the sun,twilight,the universeOxford Collocations DictionarySolstice is used after these nouns: summer,winterSeefull entrySee related entries:The sun and the moonWord OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin solstitium, from sol ‘sun’ + stit- ‘stopped, stationary’ (from the verb sistere).
See solstice in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
