cold front

noun

: an advancing edge of a cold air mass

Examples of cold front in a Sentence

A cold front will move in tomorrow, bringing with it clear skies.
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Storms are expected to exit the region around midnight as a cold front rolls in. Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2025 The storms were fueled by temperatures in the lower 80s that stretched from Illinois into Michigan and were activated by a cold front that pushed through, Freitag said. Michael Phillis, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025 As a blizzard and a bitter cold front closes in on the survivors, Abby invites Joel and Dina to take shelter with her fellow ex-Fireflies (without, of course, identifying them as such) at a house outside of town. Noel Murray, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025 Roughly 170 million people from Illinois to eastern Texas and beyond could be affected over the next two days, as a powerful cold front collides with unseasonably warm air. CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cold front

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cold front was in 1921

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“Cold front.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cold%20front. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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cold front

noun
: an advancing edge of a cold air mass

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