- having a lower than usual temperature; having a temperature lower than the human body
- I'm cold. Turn the heating up.
- to feel cold
- cold weather/temperatures/air
- a cold day/night/winter/wind
- a cold room/house
- cold hands and feet
- a cold beer
- hot and cold running water in every room
- I was thoroughly cold and wet now.
- It's freezing cold.
- Hurry up—your dinner's getting cold
- a bitterly cold morning
- You look cold. Do you want to go back indoors?
- Isn't it cold today?
- It has suddenly turned very cold.
- the coldest May on record
- (British English) The water has gone cold.
Extra ExamplesTopics Weathera1, Geographya1- I'm afraid the coffee's gone cold.
- In January it turned very cold.
- It's bitterly cold outside.
- The rain overnight had made the water cold.
- The room grew cold.
- There was a freezing cold wind.
- Use ice to keep the drinks cold.
- Your dinner's getting cold.
- It grew colder as the evening came.
- It was the coldest winter on record.
- The stream was icy cold.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
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- not heated; cooled after being cooked
- a cold drink
- Hot and cold food is available in the cafeteria.
- Bake in the oven for twenty minutes. Serve hot or cold.
- It's cold chicken for lunch.
- a lunch of cold meat and salad
Synonyms coldcoldcool ▪ freezing ▪ chilly ▪ lukewarm ▪ tepidThese words all describe somebody/something that has a low temperature.cold having a temperature that is lower than usual or lower than the human body; (of food or drink) not heated; cooled after being cooked:- I’m cold. Turn the heating up.
- Outside it was bitterly cold.
- a cold wind
- hot and cold water
- It’s cold chicken for lunch.
- a long cool drink
- We found a cool place to sit.
- It’s absolutely freezing outside.
- I’m freezing!
- Bring a coat. It might turn chilly later.
- Her coffee was now lukewarm.
- a jug of tepid water
- to feel/get cold/cool/chilly
- cold/cool/freezing/chilly air/weather
- a cold/cool/freezing/chilly wind
- cold/cool/freezing/lukewarm/tepid water
- a cold/cool/lukewarm/tepid shower/bath
- cold/lukewarm/tepid tea/coffee/food
- a cold/cool drink
- It’s cold/chilly/freezing outside.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- get
- go
- …
- stone
- (of a person) without emotion; not friendly
- to give somebody a cold look/stare
- Her manner was cold and distant.
- He was staring at her with cold eyes.
- cold towards/to somebody She was very cold towards me.
- He received a cold welcome.
Extra Examples- I found him a rather cold person.
- He was portrayed as a cold, calculating terrorist.
- She gave David a cold look of disapproval.
- seeming to lack any warm feeling, in an unpleasant way
- clear cold light
- cold grey skies
- not easy to find
- The police followed the robbers to the airport but then the trail went cold.
- used in children’s games to say that the person playing is not close to finding a person or thing, or to guessing the correct answerTopics Doubt, guessing and certaintyc2
- out cold [not before noun] (informal) unconscious
- He was knocked out cold in the second round.
- the cold facts/truth facts with nothing added to make them more interesting or pleasant see also coldly, coldness
low temperature
food/drink
not friendly
light/colours
route
in games
unconscious
facts
Word OriginOld English cald, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koud and German kalt, also to Latin gelu ‘frost’.
Idioms
See cold in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee cold in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishblow hot and cold (about something)
- (informal) to change your opinion about something oftenTopics Opinion and argumentc2
a cold fish
- a person who seems unfriendly and without strong emotions
get/have cold feet
- (informal) to suddenly become nervous about doing something that you had planned to do
- He was going to ask her but he got cold feet and said nothing.
give somebody the cold shoulder
- (informal) to treat somebody in a way that is not friendly see also cold-shoulder
go hot and cold
- to experience a sudden feeling of fear or worry
- When the phone rang I just went hot and cold.
in cold blood
- acting in a way that is deliberately cruel
- to kill somebody in cold blood
in the cold light of day
- when you have had time to think calmly about something; in the morning when things are clearer
- These things always look different in the cold light of day.
leave somebody cold
- to fail to affect or interest somebody
- Most modern art leaves me cold.
make somebody’s blood run cold
- to make somebody very frightened or fill them with horror
- The sound of laughter in the empty house made my blood run cold.
- Our blood ran cold at the thought of how easily we could have been killed.
pour/throw cold water on something
- to give reasons for not being in favour of something; to criticize something
- She immediately poured cold water on his plans to expand the business.
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