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cold wave
CIDE DICTIONARY
cold wave,
In the terminology of the United States Weather Bureau, an unusual fall in temperature, to or below the freezing point, exceeding 16Webster 1913 Suppl.]
THESAURUS
cold wave
Afro, bitter weather, bleak weather, coif, coiffure, cold snap, cold weather, conk, depth of winter, freeze, freezing weather, frost, haircut, hairdo, hairstyle, hard winter, headdress, home permanent, natural, permanent, permanent wave, process, raw weather, snap, subzero weather, wave, winter, wintry weather, wintry wind, zero weatherFor further exploring for "cold wave" in Webster Dictionary Online