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Definition cold in British English
cold
noun
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noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
/kəʊld/
▪ bad, heavy, nasty, stinking, streaming
1
cold air, or a cold environment
Example
Plants need protection against extreme cold.
Example
Don't go to work if you have a particularly heavy cold.
Synonyms and related words
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cold call (noun)
cold comfort (noun)
cold cream (noun)
cold cuts (noun)
cold frame (noun)
cold front (noun)
cold fusion (noun)
cold open (noun)
cold reading (noun)
cold shoulder (noun)
cold snap (noun)
cold sore (noun)
cold spell (noun)
cold storage (noun)
cold store (noun)
cold sweat (noun)
cold turkey (noun)
cold war (noun)
cold-blooded (adjective)
cold-hearted (adjective)
cold-shoulder (verb)
common cold (noun)
go hot and cold (phrase)
cold feet (phrase)
ice-cold (adjective)
in a (cold) sweat (phrase)
in cold blood (phrase)
in the cold light of day (phrase)
leave someone cold (phrase)
leave someone out in the cold (phrase)
make someone’s blood cold (phrase)
out cold (phrase)
put something into cold storage (phrase)
someone’s has gone cold (phrase)
stone-cold (adjective)
stone-cold sober (phrase)
cold water on something (phrase)
warm front (noun)
warm-blooded (adjective)
you’ll catch your death (of cold) (phrase)