cold front

noun

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: an advancing edge of a cold air mass

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A cold front will move in tomorrow, bringing with it clear skies.
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Both could feed into the same slow moving cold front, resulting in rain Saturday and Sunday for the Charlotte region, forecasters say. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2026 Now, as an incoming cold front interacts with the leftover Pacific moisture, flooding rain is likely to expand across a large part of Texas. — Newsroom Meteorologist, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2026 Another weekend ahead with rain chances across Maryland A slow-moving cold front will bring showers to the state starting Saturday. — Steven Sosna, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 Above-average rainfall in June and August, along with several cold fronts sweeping across the region, woke the seeds from a lengthy slumber to transform the landscape. — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cold front

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First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cold front was in 1921

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cold front

noun
: an advancing edge of a cold air mass

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