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Is cold a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cold is a Scrabble US word. The word cold is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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4-letter words (2 found)

CLOD,COLD,

3-letter words (6 found)

COD,COL,DOC,DOL,LOD,OLD,

2-letter words (3 found)

DO,LO,OD,

You can make 11 words from cold according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of cold

cold ocld clod lcod olcd locd codl ocdl cdol dcol odcl docl cldo lcdo cdlo dclo ldco dlco oldc lodc odlc dolc ldoc dloc

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Definitions and meaning of cold

cold

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəʊld/, [kʰɔʊ(ɫ)d], [kʰɒʊ(ɫ)d]
  • (General American) enPR: kold, IPA(key): /koʊld/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /kaʉld/, [kʰɒʊ(ɫ)d]
  • Homophone: coaled
  • Rhymes: -əʊld

Etymology 1

From Middle English cold, from Old English, specifically Anglian cald. The West Saxon form, ċeald (“cold”), survived as early Middle English cheald, cheld, or chald. Both descended from Proto-West Germanic *kald, from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz, a participle form of *kalaną (“to be cold”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).

Adjective

cold (comparative colder, superlative coldest)

  1. (of a thing) Having a low temperature.
  2. (of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.
  3. (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
  5. Unfriendly; emotionally distant or unfeeling.
  6. Chilled, filled with an uncomfortable sense of fear, dread, or alarm.
  7. Dispassionate; not prejudiced or partisan; impartial.
  8. Completely unprepared; without introduction.
  9. Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.
  10. (usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart; down pat.
  11. (usually with "have" transitively) Cornered; done for.
  12. (slang) Cool, impressive.
  13. (obsolete) Not pungent or acrid.
  14. (obsolete) Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.
  15. Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.
  16. (obsolete) Not sensitive; not acute.
  17. Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.
  18. (painting) Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.
  19. (databases) Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.
  20. (informal) Without compassion; heartless; ruthless.
  21. (informal) Not radioactive. [from the 20thc.]
  22. (firearms) Not loaded with a round of live ammunition.
  23. Without electrical power being supplied.
    Synonym: dead
Synonyms
  • (of a thing, having a low temperature): chilled, chilly, freezing, frigid, glacial, icy, cool
  • (of the weather): (UK, slang) brass monkeys, nippy, parky, taters
  • (of a person or animal):
  • (unfriendly): aloof, distant, hostile, standoffish, unfriendly, unwelcoming
  • (unprepared): unprepared, unready
  • See also Thesaurus:cold
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of "having a low temperature"): baking, boiling, heated, hot, scorching, searing, torrid, warm
  • (antonym(s) of "of the weather"): hot (See the corresponding synonyms of hot.)
  • (antonym(s) of "of a person or animal"): hot (See the corresponding synonyms of hot.)
  • (antonym(s) of "unfriendly"): amiable, friendly, welcoming
  • (antonym(s) of "unprepared"): prepared, primed, ready
  • (antonym(s) of "not radioactive"): hot, radioactive
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English cold, colde, from Old English cald, ċeald (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-West Germanic *kald, from Proto-Germanic *kaldą (“coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).

Noun

cold (plural colds)

  1. (uncountable) A condition of low temperature.
  2. (with 'the', figurative) A harsh place; a place of abandonment.
    The former politician was left out in the cold after his friends deserted him.
  3. (countable, pathology) A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.
  4. (uncountable, slang) Rheum; sleepy dust.
Synonyms
  • (low temperature): coldness
  • (illness): common cold, coryza, head cold, pose
Coordinate terms
  • freeze, frost
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English colde, from Old English calde, ċealde (“coldly”), from the adjective (see above).

Adverb

cold (comparative more cold, superlative most cold)

  1. At a low temperature.
    The steel was processed cold.
  2. Without preparation.
    The speaker went in cold and floundered for a topic.
  3. (slang, informal, dated) In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.

Derived terms

See also

  • cool
  • fresh
  • lukewarm
  • tepid

References

Anagrams

  • clod, loc'd

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • cald, cheld, cheald, chald

Etymology

From Old English cald, an Anglian form of ċeald.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔːld/
  • (from the form ċeald) IPA(key): /tʃɛːld/

Adjective

cold (plural and weak singular colde, comparative colder, superlative *coldest)

  2. (temperature) cold, cool
  3. (weather) cold, cool
  4. (locations) having a tendency to be cold
  5. cold-feeling, cold when touched, cooled, chilly
  6. lifeless, having the pallor of death
  7. cold-hearted, indifferent, insensitive
  8. distressed, sorrowful, worried
  9. (alchemy, medicine) Considered to be alchemically cold

Descendants

  • English: cold
  • Geordie English: cawd, cauld
  • Scots: cald, cauld
  • Yola: coale, khoal, cole

References

  • “cōld, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-26.

Noun

cold

  1. cold, coldness
  2. The feeling of coldness or chill
  3. Lack of feelings or emotion
  4. (alchemy, medicine) Alchemical coldness

Descendants

  • English: cold
  • Scots: cald, cauld

References

  • “cōld, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-26.

Source: wiktionary.org