'Cold wave' definitions:
Definition of 'cold wave'
(from WordNet)
noun
A wave of unusually cold weather
Definition of 'Cold wave'
From: GCIDE
- Cold wave \Cold" wave"\ (Meteor.) In the terminology of the United States Weather Bureau, an unusual fall in temperature, to or below the freezing point, exceeding 16[deg] in twenty-four hours or 20[deg] in thirty-six hours, independent of the diurnal range. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'cold wave'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Afro,
- bitter weather,
- bleak weather,
- coif,
- coiffure,
- cold snap,
- cold weather,
- conk,
- depth of winter,
- freeze,
- freezing weather,
- frost,
- haircut,
- hairdo,
- hairstyle,
- hard winter,
- headdress,
- home permanent,
- natural,
- permanent,
- permanent wave,
- process,
- raw weather,
- snap,
- subzero weather,
- wave,
- winter,
- wintry weather,
- wintry wind,
- zero weather