warm spell

collocation in English

meaningsofwarmandspell

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warm
adjective
uk
/wɔːm/us
/wɔːrm/
having or producing a comfortably high temperature, although ...
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spell
noun[C]
uk
/spel/us
/spel/
a period of time for which an activity or condition ...
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(Definition ofwarmandspellfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The public are very reluctant to buy salad crops in such conditions, but, in awarmspell, we get a very high demand.
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Twenty-four hours later, when the nextwarmspellof weather started they were operating at full blast so that everybody sweltered while they were subsiding again.
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An exceptionallywarmspellcan produce features which extend downwards by percolation, along isolated channels, into the snow of several previous years.
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During the last globalwarmspell, about 125,000 years ago, the seas were about 18ft m higher than they are now.
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At one point, a suddenwarmspellmelted the igloos the production set up to house cast and cameras.
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After a recentwarmspell, many people were caught off guard by the cold and snow.
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Such anomalies have occurred during a sustainedwarmspellthat began in the 1990s.
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In warm spells, the same system helps to keep the building cool.
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In winter, the snails may hibernate, but can be active in warm spells.
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Late-winter warm spells can destroy the texture of the ice, which, while still of the required thickness, will not adequately support weight.
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Swimming in the fjord is indeed refreshing, although a water temperature of is fairly common during warm spells, and in warm summers water temperatures might reach.
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