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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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Folks sticking close to home for Thanksgiving can expect warm weather on Thursday and Friday, with highs in the 50s, before a cold front brings light snow to northern Colorado starting Friday night and into Saturday morning. Katie Langford, Denver Post, 26 Nov. 2025 Temperatures are mild across the East Coast on Wednesday, though, before colder air sweeps over the region Wednesday night as a strong cold front pushes through. Kathryn Prociv, NBC news, 26 Nov. 2025 Rain chances return Sunday, particularly in northern counties, before another cold front ushers in drier but colder air early next week. Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025 Those are two of the primary ingredients needed to produce severe weather, and the other is a lifting mechanism, which came in the form of both a warm front and a cold front moving through the state. CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cold front

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 29 Nov. 2025.

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cold front

noun
: an advancing edge of a cold air mass

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