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cold

 
 
/kəʊld/ adjective

Definition

TEMPERATURE having a low temperature: cold water/weather This soup has gone cold. The nights are getting colder now. My hands are getting cold.
UNFRIENDLY unfriendly or showing no emotion: a cold stare/voice She became quite cold and distant with me.
FOOD served cold: cold roast beef
coldness noun [U]
(Definition of cold adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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