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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