cold wave
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See also: coldwave
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]cold wave (countable and uncountable, plural cold waves)
- A short period of very cold weather.
- Synonyms: cold snap, cold spell
- Antonym: heatwave
- A permanent wave in the hair set by special solutions without the aid of any heating machine.
- (uncountable, music) Alternative spelling of coldwave (“European post-punk music sub-genre”)
- 2009 July 13, Louis Pattison, “Scene and heard: Cold wave”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Not so much forgotten as little heard in the first place, cold wave – and its dancier, synth-powered cousin, minimal wave – finds its roots in early 80s France.
Translations
[edit]a short period with a considerable fall in temperature — see also cold snap
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Further reading
[edit]cold wave on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
cold wave (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia