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as in unconscious
having lost consciousness the boxer was out cold for a few minutes

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noun

as in freeze
a weather condition marked by low temperatures the cold will stay with us for another day, then temperatures should rise

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adverb

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cold weather
low-temperature weather
chilly weather
frigid weather
wintry weather
cold climates
frigid climates
low-temperature climates
wintry climates
harsh climates
frozen climates
cold wind
chilly wind
frigid wind
nippy wind
harsh wind
cold beer
frosty beer
chilled beer
icy beer
fresh beer

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Recent Examples of cold
Adjective
The mesa-like lunar mountain towers over a landscape carved by craters, including the Shackleton Crater – a cold, dark region where water ice and other volatile materials that turn easily into gas are thought to be abundant. Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025 Lower barometric pressure also brings colder weather, and that’s not ideal for your joints, the Cleveland Clinic said. Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2025
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Exhaustion and Feeling Cold Poor circulation can cause fatigue or cold, especially in the extremities, such as the hands or feet. Jane Kim, Verywell Health, 26 Feb. 2025 In the bitter, blustery cold of winter, supporters wait in their numbers for a train home. Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Adverb
Initial leads running cold over the weekend with over 200 officers working the case. Adrienne Vogt, CNN, 3 May 2023 First detected in the stream after the stream mouth emerged from glacial ice were larvae of chironomids, cold-loving midges. Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for cold
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold
Adjective
  • In years past, gardeners in this area have sat in limbo, trying to decide whether to plant or not to plant, because of potential freezing temperatures.
    Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Winter’s freezing temperatures are here for a while longer, but sunnier days and plenty of time spent in your garden are ahead.
    Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Her makeup, too, was equally icy, with a metallic silvery-white shadow brushed under her brow as a highlight and dramatic black eyeliner winged all the way out to the outer corner of her brows, plus a pair of light blue-gray contacts enhanced by majorly fluttery, lush lashes.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 9 Dec. 2024
  • White cautioned those traveling north of Indianapolis this weekend, however, should be mindful of potentially snowier, icier road conditions.
    Christopher Cann, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Shaw’s prophecy was light years distant from Uncle Jerry’s reality.
    Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
  • In Oscar-winning writer/director Bong Joon Ho’s new movie, Mickey Barnes (Pattinson) is an Earth man who signs up for a colonizing expedition to a distant icy planet and volunteers for a job that puts him in deadly situations constantly.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The actress was unconscious and unresponsive, according to the New York Police Department.
    Brie Stimson, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025
  • This residual may stem from conscious or unconscious bias or other factors outside the scope of this research.
    Kweilin Ellingrud, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • An open-wide view is way more important than a dark sky.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The fire broke out when the bus was on the corner of Cambridge and Northampton roads in the Cleveland area, filling the suburban street with a dark cloud of smoke.
    Kyla Guilfoil, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The country is one of only a handful continuing to receive U.S. military aid amid the 90-day freeze on foreign assistance ordered by President Donald Trump.
    William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Amid the aid freeze, FEWS NET has no funding to pay staff in Washington or those working on the ground.
    Lauren Kent, CNN, 9 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • The bottom line: Just plain old milk is making a comeback in grocery stores and on social media.
    Erica Pandey, Axios, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Radar Reveals Ancient Shoreline On Mars Zhurong, part of China’s Tianwen-1 mission, landed in Utopia Planitia — a vast lava plain long suspected to have once been submerged under an ancient Martian ocean.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The hotel’s in-house Palace Sports & Rentals features a ski room with heated lockers, a convenient way to start and end a chilly day.
    Alexandra Cheney, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Pascal Plante’s chilly Quebecois techno-thriller isn’t about content moderation per se, but its descent-into-hell structure is — intentionally or not — mimicked here.
    Katie Rife, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025

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“Cold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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