COLD WEATHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cold weather mean? 

• COLD WEATHER (noun)
  The noun COLD WEATHER has 1 sense:

1. a period of unusually cold weather

  Familiarity information: COLD WEATHER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLD WEATHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A period of unusually cold weather

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("cold weather" is a kind of...):

atmospheric condition; conditions; weather; weather condition (the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cold weather"):

freeze; frost (weather cold enough to cause freezing)

 Context examples 

Anyone who spends much time outdoors in cold weather can get hypothermia.

(Hypothermia, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

She died on the first approach of cold weather, at the beginning of this last winter.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The symptoms may exacerbate with exposure to cold weather.

(Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers found more consistent associations with early delivery after exposure to extreme heat than to extreme cold weather.

(Extreme temperatures could increase preterm birth risk, NIH)

“It’s springtime, and you won’t get any more cold weather,” the man replied.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Cold weather can affect your body in different ways.

(Hypothermia, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)