Kilo Lingo

cold

/kəʊld/

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Translation

Having a low temperature, or not warm.

Word origin

From Old English cald, a word shared across the old Germanic languages.

Origin
Old English
Root
cald

Examples

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"Cold" tells you the water has a low temperature.

outside today.

Here "cold" means the air is not warm.

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"Cold" shows the food is not hot.

"Cold" describes something with a low temperature. Ice, snow, and winter air are all cold. It is the opposite of "hot" and a bit stronger than "cool".

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This word is part of lesson 7.