cold patch

¹ American  

noun

1. a patch that may be applied by cement to the tube of an automobile tire or the like without vulcanization.

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cold-patch ² American  

[kohld-pach] / ˈkoʊldˌpætʃ /

verb (used with object)

1. to apply a cold patch to.

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Example Sentences

For several years, Warren and his ragtag crew of volunteers would set out with the bags of cold patch in their backpacks, filling hundreds of potholes in broad daylight.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2021

Shovel in the cold patch in one-inch-thick layers.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2021

This year, there’s been a notable increase in the sharp contrast between this cold patch and record warm ocean temperatures in the tropical Atlantic, an effect that leads to stronger ocean storms—like this one.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2015

The moon, a white, cold patch, lay against the steel-blue sky.

From The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob by Wallace, Dillon

By intricate squirmings he laid a hand upon the cold patch of flesh that gazed starkly downwards from his stern.

From Once Aboard the Lugger by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)