cold spell

collocation in English

meaningsofcoldandspell

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cold
adjective
uk
/kəʊld/us
/koʊld/
at a low temperature, especially when compared to the temperature of the human body, and not hot, ...
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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 ofcoldandspellfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcold spell

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We were determined that pensioners should not be fearful of turning up their heating if acoldspelloccurred.
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During thatcoldspellan old-age pensioner, a woman, was brought in dead.
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Many of them were forced to close during the recentcoldspellbecause of the inadequacy of the buildings.
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There was a sharpcoldspellin the early autumn.
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Many of us were frightened that the high cost of fuel this winter would make many pensioners reluctant to use heating during acoldspell.
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I think that the retail prices charged for wood in the recentcoldspellwere often excessive.
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We have been through a particularly severecoldspell.
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In these parts of the system severe difficulties and delays would occur should a suddencoldspellmake it necessary to resume heating.
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Is not that something we have learnt from the recentcoldspell?
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That was done during the lastcoldspellat the beginning of 1987.
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We are determined that the elderly should keep warm during this extremelycoldspell.
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As we know, a certain part of the fire engines froze up during the exceptionallycoldspell.
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During thecoldspell, hundreds of water mains cracked in various parts of the country.
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It may have been a fluke but certainly it was extraordinarily accurate over the lastcoldspell.
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It is like breathing on a thermometer and concluding, when we find that a higher temperature has been registered, that thecoldspellis over.
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I appreciate that last week'scoldspelland wet weather have further accentuated some farmers' problems.
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What happened before the firstcoldspellof the year?
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As he knows, it is rare to have acoldspellas severe as this and lasting so long as this.
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That old man, like many more, will this winter live in fear of a prolongedcoldspellof weather.
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