cold spot

noun

, Physiology.

1. a sensory area in the skin that responds to a decrease in temperature.

cold spot

noun

1. an area where house prices are stable and properties are slow to sell

Word History and Origins

Origin of cold spot¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Low temperatures bottom out in the low teens in cold spots to around 20 downtown.

From Washington Post

One likely scar from such an encounter would be a circular cold spot in the sky, which Peiris and others have searched for and not found.

From Quanta Magazine

This helps distribute heat through the road surface, so in freezing temperatures there’s less likelihood of cold spots generating cracks that eventually become potholes.

From Fortune

The brand’s super spiral stretch system may sound gimmicky, but it really works to keep the down insulation closer to your body as you move throughout the night, which helps eliminate gaps and cold spots.

From Outside Online

Lows will range from the low 40s in the typically cold spots north and west to the upper 40s in the city.

From Washington Post

The Rongbuk Monastery lies at a height of 16,500 feet, and is an unpleasantly cold spot.

From Project Gutenberg

Perfection is a cold spot on top of a mountain, and nobody ever climbed there.

From Project Gutenberg

Returned to the turnpike house, a cold spot upon a common, black cattle feeding close to the door.

From Project Gutenberg

When a cold spot is noted, go ashore and dig a few feet back from the water's edge.

From Project Gutenberg

A cold spot with a handful of Christians, bearing their testimony alone out on the margin of our field of work.

From Project Gutenberg