Cold snap

Cold snap

Cold snap is used in two ways to describe climate:

  • in meteorology, a period of intensely cold and dry weather, often occurring during an Ice Age
  • an unseasonally cold period in spring. This may also be called a blackberry winter as it may coincide with the time when the blackberries bloom. It may also be called a dogwood winter. In Tennessee dogwood winter and blackberry winter are two separate occasions. Dogwood being first and blackberry a couple of weeks later.
  • Cold wave

Other uses of the phrase include:


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  • cold snap — • cold spell • cold snap a sudden short period of cold weather (usually in winter) The cold snap lasted for five days …   Idioms and examples

  • cold snap — cold snaps N COUNT: usu sing A cold snap is a short period of cold and icy weather …   English dictionary

  • cold snap — cold′ snap n. mer a sudden, relatively brief period of cold weather. Also called cold′ spell • Etymology: 1770–80, amer …   From formal English to slang

  • cold snap — n a sudden short period of very cold weather …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • cold snap — cold ,snap noun count a sudden short period of very cold weather …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • cold snap — ☆ cold snap n. a sudden, brief spell of cold weather …   English World dictionary

  • cold snap — noun a spell of cold weather • Syn: ↑cold spell • Hypernyms: ↑while, ↑piece, ↑spell, ↑patch * * * a sudden onset of a relatively brief period of cold weather. Also called cold spell. [1770 80, Amer.] …   Useful english dictionary

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  • cold snap — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cold snap : singular cold snap plural cold snaps a sudden short period of very cold weather …   English dictionary

  • cold snap — {n.} A short time of quick change from warm weather to cold. * /The cold snap killed everything in the garden./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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