cold spot

American

noun

Physiology.

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

cold spot British

noun

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

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cold spot

"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

Principal Prof Ross Renton said the local area was a "cold spot" for higher education.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2022

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

Alfred concentrated on the little cold spot growing in his stomach.

From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte

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