cold wave

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Noun

cold wave (countable and uncountable, plural cold waves)

  1. A short period of very cold weather.
    Synonyms: cold snap, cold spell
    Antonym: heatwave
  2. A permanent wave in the hair set by special solutions without the aid of any heating machine.
  3. (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:
      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.

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