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How to pronounce “cold”

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Pronunciation guide for cold

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of cold with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Why Nuclear Disarmament Mattersaddress now at the peak of the cold cold
Definition summary: (of a thing) Having a low temperature.

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How to pronounce cold

Why Nuclear Disarmament Matters

address now at the peak of the cold cold

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Meaning

[Adjective]
(of a thing) Having a low temperature.
(of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.
(of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
Unfriendly; emotionally distant or unfeeling.
Chilled, filled with an uncomfortable sense of fear, dread, or alarm.
Dispassionate; not prejudiced or partisan; impartial.
Completely unprepared; without introduction.
Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.
(usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart; down pat.
(usually with "have" transitively) Cornered; done for.
(slang) Cool, impressive.
(obsolete) Not pungent or acrid.
(obsolete) Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.
Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.
(obsolete) Not sensitive; not acute.
Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.
(painting) Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.
(databases) Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.
(informal) Without compassion; heartless; ruthless.
(informal) Not radioactive. [from the 20thc.]
(firearms) Not loaded with a round of live ammunition.
Without electrical power being supplied.
[Noun]
(uncountable) A condition of low temperature.
(with 'the', figurative) A harsh place; a place of abandonment.
(countable, pathology) A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.
(uncountable, slang) Rheum; sleepy dust.
[Adverb]
At a low temperature.
Without preparation.
(slang, informal, dated) In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.

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How to pronounce “cold”

Pronunciation guide for cold

How to pronounce cold

Example Sentences

address now at the peak of the cold cold

phobias their fears in my case the cold is

and in progressively colder and colder waters.

It's a very cold, dry place.

to coffee or the approach to cold brews and other products,

He's also the author of "The Cold Start

Well, this pattern of hot and cold spots

agreements during the Cold War and in the 1980s and 90s.

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