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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The deaths come among dozens of others after a local cold front led to heavy snow and rain in the region. Jillian Frankel, People.com, 11 June 2025 Minnesota Pollution Control Agency officials say a band of heavy ground-level smoke has moved into the state behind a cold front. Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 3 June 2025 The haze will linger Wednesday in parts of the Midwest, East and South, and a new wave of thicker smoke could rush into the north-central US as a cold front trudges east. Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 3 June 2025 The supercell storms that hit the region on May 15 formed after a cold front collided with Gulf moisture and fueled atmospheric instability, with temperatures soaring into the 90s. Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 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 16 Jun. 2025.

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cold front

noun
: an advancing edge of a cold air mass

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