freezing cold
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freezing cold — mod. very cold. □ It’s freezing cold out there. □ I won’t go out in freezing cold weather. □ Why does it have to be so freezing cold? … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
freezing cold — strong cold, sharp cold, biting cold … English contemporary dictionary
Cold injury — Cold injuries include chilblains, "trench foot," and frostbite. Cold injuries occur with and without freezing of body tissues. The young and the elderly are especially prone to cold injury. Alcohol increases the risk of cold injury… … Medical dictionary
cold — I UK [kəʊld] / US [koʊld] adjective Word forms cold : adjective cold comparative colder superlative coldest *** Other ways of saying that the weather is cold: cool slightly cold, but often in a pleasant and comfortable way, especially during hot… … English dictionary
freezing — Synonyms and related words: Siberian, adiabatic absorption, adiabatic demagnetization, adiabatic expansion, air conditioning, air cooling, algid, algific, anhydration, arctic, below zero, biting, bitter, bitterly cold, blast freezing, blast… … Moby Thesaurus
freezing — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun VERB + FREEZING ▪ reach FREEZING + NOUN ▪ point PREPOSITION ▪ above freezing ▪ … Collocations dictionary
freezing — [[t]fri͟ːzɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ (emphasis) If you say that something is freezing or freezing cold, you are emphasizing that it is very cold. The cinema was freezing. ...a freezing January afternoon. 2) ADJ: v link ADJ (emphasis) If you say that you are… … English dictionary
cold — 1 adjective 1 OBJECTS/SURFACES/LIQUIDS/ROOMS ETC having a low temperature: a blast of cold air | We slept on the cold ground. | feel cold: The office always feels so cold first thing on Monday morning. | ice/stone/freezing cold (=very cold): The… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
cold — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 lack of heat; low temperature ADJECTIVE ▪ biting, bitter, extreme, freezing ▪ winter VERB + COLD ▪ feel … Collocations dictionary
cold*/*/*/ — [kəʊld] adj I 1) with a low temperature, or a temperature that is lower than normal Ant: hot The water was too cold for a shower.[/ex] a cold winter morning[/ex] I was cold and hungry.[/ex] Their house is always freezing cold.[/ex] 2) not seeming … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
