cold weather► cold · This is the coldest winter we've had in years.· a cold January eveningit's cold (=the weather is cold) · Put your gloves on - it's cold outside today.it gets cold · It gets really cold here at night.cold weather · The layer of fat below a goose's skin protects it from cold weather.
► the cold cold weather - use this to emphasize how unpleasant and uncomfortable it is outside: · Come in. Don't stand out there in the cold.
► chilly cold, but not extremely cold: · a chilly morning in Aprilit's chilly (=the weather is chilly): · It's a little chilly out here - I think we'll go inside.it gets/turns chilly: · Temperatures were in the 80s on Tuesday, but it turned chilly Wednesday afternoon.
► nippy informal a little cold: · The weather's getting warmer, but the mornings are still nippy.it's nippy (=the weather is nippy): · I'm going indoors. It's a little nippy out here.
► frosty very cold, when everything is covered in a thin white layer of ice, and the sky is often bright and clear: · They were both shivering slightly from the frosty air.· It was a frosty autumn morning with spiders' webs glistening in the frozen grass.
► wintry cold with snow or rain, and typical of the weather you often have in winter: · We can expect a few wintry showers on the northern hills.· Outside it was a cold wintry day, but Anne felt safe and warm inside by the fire.
► cold spell a period of several days or weeks when the weather is much colder than usual: · Last month's cold spell was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of old people.· The price of firewood usually shoots up during cold spells.
► cold snap a sudden short period of very cold weather: · It was a wintry day in April in the middle of an unexpected cold snap.
a sudden short period of very cold weather