happening by chance; not planned co • la / ' koub / noun
[ count, noncount ]
a sweet brown drink with bubbles in it
cold 1 W/ kould / adjective ( cold er , cold est)
not hot or warm; with a low temperature Put your coat on — it's cold outside.
I'm cold. Will you turn up the heat? hot and cold water
—ANTONYM hot
not friendly or kind
She gave him a cold, hard look.
cold • ly / ' kouldli / adverb She looked at me coldly. Thesaurus
cold with a temperature that is lower than usual or lower than the human body; (used about food or drink) not heated: I'm not going into the lake - the water's too cold. ♦ Should I turn the heat on? I'm cold. ♦ to look/feel cold ♦ Would you like a cold drink? ♦ We're having cold chicken for lunch. cool (used especially about the weather) a little cold, often in a pleasant way: It's hot outside but it's nice and cool in here. ♦ a cool breeze (= a light wind ) ♦ Let's sit in the shade and keep cool. freezing ( informal )
(used about the temperature or people) extremely cold: It's freezing outside. ♦ freezing temperatures ♦ I'm freezing! Close the window! ♦ freezing cold weather —ANTONYM boiling
chilly (used especially about the weather) too cold to be comfortable: a chilly morning in November ♦ Bring a coat. It might get chilly later. ♦ She was beginning to feel chilly.
COld 2 Ф / kould / noun
[ noncount ] cold weather Don't go out in the cold .
[ count ] ( health ) a common illness of the nose and throat. When you have a cold , you often cannot breathe through your nose and your throat hurts
I think I'm getting a cold.
Come in out of the rain, or you'll catch a cold .
cold-blood • ed / ,kould ' Ь1л1э1 / adjective
( biology ) having a body temperature that changes with the temperature of the air Reptiles are cold-blooded.
— Look at warm-blooded .
col • lapse AWL / 1э 'lreps / verb ( col . laps . es , col . laps . ing , col . lapsed )
to fall down suddenly
The building collapsed in the earthquake.
She collapsed in the street and was rushed to hospital.
to fail suddenly and completely
The economy collapsed, leaving thousands of people out of work.
col • lapse noun
[ count, noncount ]
the collapse of the bridge the economic collapse col • lar / ' kabr / noun [ count ]
the part of your clothes that goes around your neck —Look at the picture at clothes .
a band that you put around the neck of a dog or cat —Look at blue-collar , white-collar .
col • league aw / ' kalig /
[count ]
a person who works with you
col .lect 1© / ko'lrkt/ verb
( col lect , col • lect • ing , col • lect • ed )
to take things from different people or places and put them together
The teacher will collect the test booklets at the end of the exam.
to bring together things that are the same in some way, in order to study or enjoy them
My son collects stamps.
col • lect 2 / kэ ' lekt / adjective, adverb
(used about a telephone call) to be paid for by the person who receives the call a collect call
I called my parents collect from Toronto. COl .leC .tion Ф / ks'lekjh/ noun
[ count ] a group of similar things that someone has brought together
