freezing ;'fri:z[rl( ladj] extremely cold, so that you feel very uncomfortable: The little children sat in rows in the freezing classroom.
it's freezing It 's absolutely freezing outside.
liquid/object/surface
cold /к 30 Id/ |adj] I wanted a bath but the water was cold. I We stood for hours on the cold stone floor.
freezing 'frii/.ii]/ [adj] extremely cold: His friends pulled him from the freezing water.
freezing cold The river was freezing cold.
cool in a pleasant way, hut
food/drink
cold /кэоШ/ \adj\ cold food has been
not very cold: Ruth put her cool hand on my burning forehead.
cooked, but is no longer hot: a selection of cold meats I Serve the quiche hot or cold, with a fresh green salad, get cold/go cold (=become cold, especially when it should be hot) Come and eat your dinner before it gets cold. stone cold (--completely cold when it should be hot) By the time I'd finished on the phone my coffee was stone cold.
cool ku:l [adj] cool drinks are pleasantly cold, especially when the weather is warm: She sat by the swimming pool with a cool glass of lemonade.
chilled tJ"11ci \adj] chilled food or drink has been made very cold, especially by putting it on ice: a bottle of chilled champagne I This soup is delicious served
chilled.
frozen /fraozjn/ [adj] frozen food is stored at a very low temperature so that you can keep it for a long time: frozen peas I The only things I had in the freezer were a frozen chicken and a tub of ice-cream.
ice-cold ais 'кэоШч [adj] very cold - use this about drinks that nave been made very cold so that they are pleasant to drink in hot weather: an ice-cold beer
to become colder get cold/qet colder ''get koold. get
kooldy to become cold or colder: It's got a lot colder recently. (=the weather has become colder) I Tell John his coffee's getting cold.
Cool down daon, [phrasal verb IJ to become colder after being hot: Leave the bread on a wire tray to cool down.
cool kLi:' '1 use this about hot food or other hot substances that become colder: As the metal cools, it will decrease in size.
COLLECT
to keep things because you think they are attractive or interesting
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shiver TIV°r II to ^hake because you
are cold: / was shiuering in my thin sleeping hag.
shiver with cold We stood in the door way shivering with cold.
have goosepimples British have
goosebumps amfrk an hxx gu:s- .pimp^lz. h;ev gu:sb,\mps to have small raised areas on your skin, because you are cold
collect ka'lcki- |i> T] to get and keep things that are all of a similar kind, because you think they are attractive or interesting: Do you collect stamps? I I've started collecting old bottles.
collector kolekto1 [n C| someone who collects things: a coin collector I The auction room ivas full of art collectors and dealers.
collection /кМокргг [n С] a group of things that someone has collected because they are attractive or interesting: Her brother wanted to show me his postcard collection.
+ of The museum has one of the world s finest collections of impressionist paintings.
Set set \n C] a complete group of one type of object that someone has collected: I'm collecting American League baseball cards - / on/у need one more to have the set.
+ of For sale - 'The Guitarist' - complete set of magazines 1984-1992.
COLOUR/COLOR
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DARK ВМСНТ/
not bright
II a colour
colour BRITISH color AMERICAN клЬ" In
C/U| Blue is my favorite color. I Why don't you paint it yellow? That's a nice bright colour. I Her hair was the same colour as mine.
what colour is...? "What color is your new car?'' "Silver."
change colour In September the leaves stari to change colour.
shade J С id [n С] a particular type of one colour, which is darker or lighter than other types of the same colour: The pat tern is available in three different shades: dark blue, pale green, and charcoal grey.
shade of blue/green etc Valerie's eyes are a beautiful shade of blue.
colouring вкгпчн coloring amlkican
клЬпг| [n Uj .the colour of a person's or animal's hair, skin, or eyes: This lipstick is perfect for your colouring. I He had his mother's looks and colouring.
Ed to be a particular colour
be hi. strong bi: [и] be red/green/blue etc Frogs are green, toads are brown - that's how you can tell the difference. I The Japanese flag is white with a red sun on it.
Use is, are etc to talk about the colour of something: My dad's car is red. I Her eyes were blue. Don't use have, and don't use the word colour itself: Her new bike ts green, (not 'Her bike has green.' or 'Her bike is green colour.') Only use colour when you are asking a question: "What colour is your new bike7" "It's green."
coloured British colored amlrican
клЬЧ1 [adj usually before noun] a
coloured or colored object has one or
more colours in it. but пот black or white: The town hall was decorated with hundreds of coloured ribbons. I panels of colored glass
El bright colours
bright brait [adj\ a bright colour is strong and very easy to notice: an artist who loved bright colours I If you are cycling at night, always wear something bright.
bright blue/red/yellow etc The front door was painted bright red. I a bright yellow van brightly [adv] a brightly painted boat 1 brightly coloured balloons