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cold-shut

cold-shut adjective: closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded; said of a forging or casting. Also the alternative form of cold shut.

Adjective

cold-shut (not comparable)

  1. Closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded; said of a forging or casting.

Also used as

cold-shut is also the alternative form of cold shut.

Forms of cold-shut

pluralcold-shuts

Questions about cold-shut

What does cold-shut mean?
Cold-shut means closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded; said of a forging or casting.
What part of speech is cold-shut?
Cold-shut is an adjective.

Words near cold-shut in the dictionary

  1. cold-short
  2. cold-shoulder
  3. cold-shouldered
  4. cold-shouldering
  5. cold-shoulders
  6. cold-shut
  7. cold-shuts
  8. cold-smoked salmon
  9. cold-water flat
  10. coldbeer
  11. coldbeers

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