Phrase Hound found 395 phrases and 81 compound words that contain cold. The most common are listed below. Open cold in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 395
- Cold WarThe period of hostility short of open war between the Soviet Bloc and the Western powers, especially the United States, between 1945 and 1991.
- common coldA very common, mild viral infection of the nose and throat, whose symptoms typically include sneezing, sniffling, a running or blocked nose, a sore throat, coughing and a headache.
- cold turkeyA sudden and complete withdrawal from a dependent substance, especially a drug.
- cold frontThe leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air.
- catch a coldTo contract a cold.
- cold snapA short and sudden period of cold weather.
- Cold Water
- cold storageRefrigerated storage.
- ice-coldVery cold.
- hot and coldAmbivalent; having conflicting emotions.
- Cold Weather
- stone coldVery cold (literally); lacking any semblance of warmth.
- cold callingThe practice of making unsolicited telephone calls or house calls to potential clients, voters or other groups in order to drum up custom or investigate intentions
- cold caseA criminal investigation that has not been solved after a considerable time but remains on the books and may be reopened when new evidence appears.
- cold fishA heartless individual; a person lacking empathy and emotion.
- cold chainA supply chain which is temperature-controlled, critical for the supply of certain foods or pharmaceuticals.
- cold weaponA weapon that does not use explosives or fire.
- freezing coldUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see freezing, cold: cold in a way that involves freezing of water or other liquids.
- Too Cold
- cold waveA short period of very cold weather.
- cold feetA feeling of nervousness or anxiety causing one to reconsider a decision about an upcoming event.
- cold comfortMuch less reassurance, consolation, aid, or pleasure than one needs or desires.
- Cold Winter
- cold as iceVery cold.
- cold readTo infer characteristics of (a person) using cold reading.
Compound words 81
- coldnessThe relative lack of heat.
- coldwaterLocated in or near cold ocean waters.
- coldlyIn a cold or uncaring manner; indifferently.
- coldenTo grow or make cold.
- ColdspringA town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States.
- coldproofResistant to cold.
- coldsleepA deep sleep during which the body is stored at very cold temperature, to preserve it; cryogenic sleep.
- overcoldExcessively cold.
- coldbeerA cold beer.
- coldieA cold bottle or can of beer.