cold

/koʊld/ adj [-er/-est only] (LOW TEMPERATURE)

Definition

› having a low temperature, esp. when compared to the temperature of the human body, and not hot or warm: cold weather I forgot my gloves and my hands are getting cold.

(Definition of cold adj (LOW TEMPERATURE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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