Cold Snap (Noun)
Meaning
A spell of cold weather.
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- A cold snap in early spring can significantly damage crops that have already begun to bloom.
- The sudden cold snap led to school closures due to icy road conditions.
- Florists were left scrambling as a late-season cold snap killed off many of the flowers in their outdoor gardens.
- Communities prepared for the worst as a prolonged cold snap and heavy snow threatened the region's power grid.
- After several days of unseasonably warm weather, a brief cold snap brought morning temperatures back down into the teens.