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cold front

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The leading portion of a cold atmospheric air mass moving against and eventually replacing a warm air mass.

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  • noun meteorology A cold front is the leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air.

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  • noun the front of an advancing mass of colder air

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synonyms (22)

Words with the same meaning

  1. air mass
  2. anticyclone
  3. cold sector
  4. cyclone
  5. front
  6. high
  7. high-pressure area
  8. isobar
  9. isometric
  10. isometric line
  11. isopiestic line
  12. isotherm
  13. isothermal line
  14. low
  15. low-pressure area
  16. occluded front
  17. polar front
  18. squall line
  19. stationary front
  20. warm front
  21. weather map
  22. wind-shift line

hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. front

hyponyms (1)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. squall line

cross-references (1)

Cross-references

  1. weather front

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