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ice-cold

[ahys-kohld]
–adjective
1. cold as ice: Her feet were ice-cold.
2. without warmth of feeling or manner; unemotional; passionless: an ice-cold reception.

Origin:
bef. 1000; OE is-calde; unrecorded in ME


1. icelike, freezing, icy, frozen.
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ice-cold   (īs'kōld')
adj.  Extremely cold.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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