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cold front

noun

: the front edge of a moving mass of cold air

Full Definition of COLD FRONT

:  an advancing edge of a cold air mass
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First Known Use of COLD FRONT

1921

Rhymes with COLD FRONT

affront, beachfront, bowfront, breakfront, confront, drag bunt, drop front, fly front, forefront, home front, housefront, lakefront, manhunt, out-front, seafront, shirtfront, shock front, shorefront, still hunt, storefront, swell-front, up-front, warm front, wave front, witch hunt

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