bitterly cold – extremely cold.
- The sun was shining but there was a bitterly cold wind blowing.
hail – pieces of ice falling from the sky; frozen rain.
- I hate being out in hail because it really hurt when it strikes your face.
frost – ice crystals on a frozen surface.
- I could tell from the frost on the ground that the temperature overnight had fallen
below freezing.
hard frost – when it gets very cold overnight and everything is covered with thick
frost.
- The hard frost turned everything white and made the garden look like a magical
frozen wonderland.
Jack Frost – mythical character who comes out at night and lays out frost.
- We woke in the morning to see that Jack Frost had been in the night.
frostbite – injury to any part of the body caused by overexposure to extreme cold.
- Frostbite is one of the greatest dangers faced by Arctic explorers.
to dress up warm – to wear warm clothes to protect yourself against wintry
conditions.
- If you go out to play in the snow, be sure to dress up warm.
to melt – the process by which snow or ice changes to water as the temperature rises
above freezing.
- After a week of freezing conditions, the temperature rose and the snow finally
began to melt.
a cold spell / cold snap – a short period of cold weather.
- The weather is usually mild at this time of year but the forecasters say we’re in for
a cold spell next week.
- The sudden cold snap had us searching for our hats, gloves and scarves.
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