freezing cold

collocation in English

meaningsoffreezingandcold

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freezing
adjective
adverb
uk
/ˈfriː.zɪŋ/us
/ˈfriː.zɪŋ/
extremely ...
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cold
noun
uk
/kəʊld/us
/koʊld/
a common infection, especially in the nose and throat, that causes you to cough and sneeze and your nose to run (= drip liquid) or ...
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(Definition offreezingandcoldfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is alsofreezingcold.
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In the winter, many of them werefreezingcold.
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It isfreezingcoldoutside.
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Such youngsters cannot be put to bed infreezingcoldbedrooms that have no radiators.
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In the north it isfreezingcold, and in the south it is too hot.
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If that was the case, he was absolutelyfreezingcold, and certainly ambivalent.
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We were working in buildings which werefreezingcoldin winter and boiling hot in summer.
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There was no glass in the window and at night it wasfreezingcold.
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March offers reprieve for thefreezingcold.
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It was actually reallyfreezingcoldin the rain.
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Is it not scandalous and paltry that this concession is not being continued as long as thefreezingcoldlasts?
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She was incontinent andfreezingcoldand was not given a cup of tea or a bite to eat.
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As a widow, she must face thefreezingcoldthis winter, but worse is the risk of falling on the ice.
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He is in his 80s and was waiting in thefreezingcoldfor a bus that is subsidised by the additional transport subsidy.
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Last year, it was darn cold in this country, cold almost everywhere, to the point that even in this place it wasfreezingcold.
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He leads the girls in some stretches and swimming in thefreezingcoldpool.
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Most of the people, who didn't survive the crossing, died fromfreezingcoldand starvation.
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It wasfreezingcoldin the winter and boiling hot in the summer.
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It gets its name and its notoriety from thefreezingcoldfound there even in midsummer.
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After giving birth, she is taken and dumped in thefreezingcoldmountains to die.
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The first photoshoot took place at night on a rooftop in thefreezingcold.
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He felt comfortable infreezingcoldwater, while cotton sheets were excruciatingly painful.
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Facingfreezingcold, and with no signs of rescue, the crash survivors start to grow restless.
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At times one experiences hot flashes; then one isfreezingcold.
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