winter cold
December's biting air
Winter cold is the particular quality of cold associated with winter—sharp, penetrating, and persistent.
The phrase often appears attributively: winter cold temperatures, winter cold air.
It can also function as a noun for the season's chill itself: The winter cold settled into her bones.
Distinct from a winter cold, meaning a cold caught during winter months.
- frostThin ice coating
- icyFrozen or unfriendly
- chillCold sensation or relaxation
- freezingExtremely cold
- below zeroTemperature beneath freezing
frosty morning · snow · freezing rain · bitter · numb · shiver · frostbite · blizzard · sleet · hypothermia · windchill · brisk · biting · harsh · glacial · polar · arctic · Jack Frost
- MongoliaGobi Desert, Inner Mongolia, steppe, Mongols, nomads
- seasonal imageryautumn, spring rain, summer, cherry blossoms, autumn leaves
winter coldsummer heat
Warm season's high temperatures
tropical heat · dog days · scorching heat · blazing sun · heat wave
winter coldwarmth
Heat you feel
heat · coziness · toastiness · oppressive heat · snugness
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