freezing weather

collocation in English

meaningsoffreezingandweather

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freezing
adjective
adverb
uk
/ˈfriː.zɪŋ/us
/ˈfriː.zɪŋ/
extremely ...
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weather
noun[U]
uk
/ˈweð.ər/us
/ˈweð.ɚ/
the conditions in the air above the earth such as wind, rain, or temperature, especially at a particular time over a ...
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(Definition offreezingandweatherfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I submit that that group could well be most at risk during the presentfreezingweather.
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Those payments are not made unless there are seven days offreezingweather.
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In fact, there has to befreezingweatherfor more than 14 consecutive days.
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I wonder how far £5 goes towards heating a home during a spell offreezingweather.
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Six days offreezingweatherare not enough: a pensioner ends up with no help at all.
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Suchfreezingweathercould not have been foreseen and nothing could have been done in advance to cope with the situation.
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Manually operated doors are simpler and safer and can be operated simply and reliably infreezingweather.
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The plant can stand high temperatures and drought but is sensitive tofreezingweather.
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Winters are prolonged, and characterized by sustainedfreezingweatherand strong northern winds.
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On the high ground,freezingweatheris common in winter.
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Pineapples were grown until 1895, whenfreezingweatherwiped out crops and ended commercial farming.
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The mechanics often had to work outdoors infreezingweather.
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They can survive hot orfreezingweatherand certain chemicals, remaining viable for several years.
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She recovers and flees into thefreezingweatherin order to abort her child.
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In addition to absorbing nutrients, the trichomes may serve to insulate the plant fromfreezingweather.
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After site desertion infreezingweather, birds return to their former range.
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He finds a book of choreographic meditative stances, and begins to train and exercise in thefreezingweather.
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Because of thefreezingweatherand deep snow, this march over high mountain area cost many civilian lives.
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Isolated, dependent on technology for survival, 300 hand-picked soldiers had been battling thefreezingweather, the loneliness, the fear.
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