sub-zero

American  

[suhb-zeer-oh] / sʌbˈzɪər oʊ /

adjective

1. indicating or recording lower than zero on some scale, especially on the Fahrenheit scale.

   a week of sub-zero temperatures.

2. characterized by or appropriate for sub-zero temperatures.

   sub-zero climates; sub-zero clothing for the exploration.

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Etymology

Origin of sub-zero

sub- + zero

Example Sentences

But little over a quarter of the way, she and Guiness World Record holding endurance athlete Mimi Anderson were forced to pull out after enduring dangerously cold winds despite preparing for the sub-zero temperatures, the broadcaster announced on Friday evening.

From BBC

She expressed approval of the conditions - warm even in the sub-zero temperatures that Denmark was experiencing, but basic bordering on austere.

From BBC

However, a sub-zero start to the day is also expected in many other areas including central and northern England, north Wales and Northern Ireland.

From BBC

An Arctic airmass brought hazardous sub-zero "wind chills" - the temperature it feels like rather than the temperature it is - to the region over the weekend, bringing a risk of hypothermia and frostbite, the forecaster said.

From BBC

The players ruminate widely, but directors Max Gershberg and Jake Rogal leave it mostly to others—columnist George Will, for instance—to reconstruct a political era that included the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, lines at gas stations, Carter-era malaise, runaway inflation, the Iran hostage crisis, and the hunger for some kind of American victory during a sub-zero stage of the Cold War.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• frozen
• glacial
• icy