cold spot

American  

noun

Physiology.

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

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cold spot British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of cold spot

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

The UCU warned the East Midlands would become a "cold spot" for studying languages following an announcement by the University of Nottingham suspending programmes from 2026-27.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

"People have been asking why this cold spot exists," said UCR climate scientist Wei Liu, who led the study with doctoral student Kai-Yuan Li.

From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2025

My cold spot is my hands, and as soon as it drops into the 50s, I’m wearing gloves.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2020

So if the cold spot is not caused by a supervoid, it must be that there was a genuinely large cold region that the CMB light came from.

From Scientific American • Jun. 2, 2017

“There’s a definite cold spot just outside the nursery door,” the doctor told his wife hopefully.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson