Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A short period of very cold weather.

    Kältewelle

    a wave of unusually cold weather

  2. (countable, uncountable)A permanent wave in the hair set by special solutions without the aid of any heating machine.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. A cold wave passed over Japan.

  2. A cold wave hit this district.

    deEine Kältewelle traf diesen Bezirk. — Tamy

  3. A cold wave is coming to the capital.

  4. A cold wave of fear hit me like a brick.

  5. Quite a few people were killed on the cold wave that hit this area.

Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a short period with a considerable fall in temperature:

Forms

plural: cold waves
Singularcold wave
Pluralcold waves

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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