cold turkey | complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent, he quit smoking cold turkey, she quit her job cold turkey |
beggar-my-neighbor beggar-my-neighbour strip-Jack-naked | a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards |
strip poker | poker in which a player's losses are paid by removing an article of clothing |
strip striptease strip show | a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music, she did a strip right in front of everyone |
cold storage | refrigerated storage for preservation |
strip cropping | cultivation of crops in strips following the contours of the land to minimize erosion |
strip mining opencast mining | the mining of ore or coal from an open mine |
strip search | searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes |
snub cut cold shoulder | a refusal to recognize someone you know, the snub was clearly intentional |
airstrip flight strip landing strip strip | an airfield without normal airport facilities |
bimetallic strip | a strip consisting of two metals that bends with a rise in temperature |
cold cathode | a cathode that is a source of electrons without being heated |
cold chisel set chisel | narrow chisel made of steel, used to cut stone or bricks |
cold cream coldcream face cream vanishing cream | a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin |
cold frame | protective covering consisting of a wooden frame with a glass top in which small plants are protected from the cold |
cold medicine | medicine intended to relieve the symptoms of the common cold |
cold-water flat | an apartment without modern conveniences |
furring strip furring | strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard |
junction barrier barrier strip | a junction unit for connecting cables without the need for plugs |
leather strip | implement consisting of a strip of leather |
Mobius strip | a continuous closed surface with only one side, formed from a rectangular strip by rotating one enddegrees and joining it with the other end |
strip slip | artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material |
strip | thin piece of wood or metal |
strip lighting | light consisting of long tubes (instead of bulbs) that provide the illumination |
strip mall | a mercantile establishment consisting of a row of various stores and business and restaurants along a road or busy street, usually opening on a parking lot |
strip mine | an open mine (usually for coal) where the seams run close to the surface |
taxiway taxi strip | a paved surface in the form of a strip, used by planes taxiing to or from the runway at an airport |
weather strip weatherstrip weather stripping weatherstripping | a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold |
coldness cold low temperature frigidity frigidness | the absence of heat, the coldness made our breath visible, come in out of the cold, cold is a vasoconstrictor |
cold coldness | the sensation produced by low temperatures, he shivered from the cold, the cold helped clear his head |
cold water | disparagement of a plan or hope or expectation, she poured cold water on the whole idea of going to Africa |
comic strip cartoon strip strip funnies | a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book |
cold turkey | a blunt expression of views, I told him cold turkey |
cold comfort | very limited consolation or empathy, he told me that time heals all wounds but that was cold comfort to me |
cold feet | timidity that prevents the continuation of a course of action, I was going to tell him but I got cold feet |
cold cuts | sliced assorted cold meats |
strip steak New York strip | steak from upper part of the short loin |
bacon strip | a slice of bacon |
cold cereal dry cereal | a cereal that is not heated before serving |
stuffed tomato cold stuffed tomato | tomato cases filled with various salad mixtures and served cold |
cold duck | pink sparkling wine originally from Germany |
Gaza Strip Gaza | a coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt, he is a Palestinian from Gaza |
strip | a relatively long narrow piece of something, he felt a flat strip of muscle |
cold fish | an aloof unemotional person |
strip miner | a miner who does strip mining |
cold wave | a wave of unusually cold weather |
cold weather | a period of unusually cold weather |
cold front polar front | the front of an advancing mass of colder air |
ready cash cold cash ready money | money in the form of cash that is readily available, his wife was always a good source of ready cash, he paid cold cash for the TV set |
cold fusion | nuclear fusion at or near room temperatures, claims to have discovered it are generally considered to have been mistaken |