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cold

cold

 
pronunciation:
kold
parts of speech:
adjective, noun
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part of speech: adjective
inflections: colder, coldest
definition 1: without heat or warmth.
This room is very cold.January is a cold month.
synonyms:
cool
antonyms:
hot
similar words:
bitter, icy
definition 2: feeling a lack of warmth.
I was cold, so I put on an extra blanket.
synonyms:
chilled
antonyms:
hot
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adverb + (adj.)cold under
(adj.)cold + adverb outside
(adj.)cold + noun air, autumn, beer, blood, breeze, butter, cereal, chill, climate, comfort, cream, dark, drink, era, fever, flu, front, frost, hunger, metal, mist, night, noodle, rain, refrigerator, remedy, salad, shower, snap, snow, sore, soup, spell, spring, stare, storage, sweat, temperature, turkey, virus, war, warrior, water, weather, wind  [See all][See only the most frequent]
 
part of speech: noun
definition 1: low temperature in the environment.
The cold was awful when I walked to work.
definition 2: a common sickness that often causes coughing and a runny nose.
My son caught a cold from his friend at school.
synonyms:
flu, influenza
similar words:
bug, chill
Word Combinations  About this feature
adjective + (n.)cold bitter, common, deep, extreme, hot, icy, warm
verb + (n.)cold catch, cause, prevent, shiver, suffer
(n.)cold + verb snap
noun + (n.)cold Help foot, heat, ice, infection, stone, winter
derivations: coldly (adv.), coldness (n.)
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