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cold email

cold email noun: a sales email, made without a referral or without preparing the recipient of the email.

Noun

cold email (plural cold emails)

  1. A sales email, made without a referral or without preparing the recipient of the email.

Verb

cold email (third-person singular simple present cold emails, present participle cold emailing, simple past and past participle cold emailed)

  1. (transitive) To email someone without preparation or referral.

Forms of cold email

Noun
pluralcold emails
alternative formcold-email
Verb
third-person singular presentcold emails
present participlecold emailing
past participlecold emailed
pastcold emailed

Origin of cold email

By analogy with cold call.

Words formed from cold email

Questions about cold email

What does cold email mean?
Cold email means a sales email, made without a referral or without preparing the recipient of the email.
What part of speech is cold email?
Cold email can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of cold email?
The plural of cold email is cold emails.

Words near cold email in the dictionary

  1. cold dishes
  2. cold drink money
  3. cold drop
  4. cold drops
  5. cold duck
  6. cold email
  7. cold emailed
  8. cold emailing
  9. cold emailings
  10. cold emails
  11. cold empathy

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