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COLD WAVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cold wave mean?
• COLD WAVE (noun)
The noun COLD WAVE has 1 sense:
1. a wave of unusually cold weather
Familiarity information: COLD WAVE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wave of unusually cold weather
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("cold wave" is a kind of...):
wave (a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures))
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