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cold opens

cold opens is the plural of cold open.

Meaning of cold open

Noun

cold open (plural cold opens)

  1. An opening segment shown before the opening credits, often there is no context given to the segment.
    • The best way to find out how the series you're writing for uses teasers or cold opens is to get your hands on a script.2004, James Mendrinos, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Comedy Writing

Questions about cold opens

What is cold opens the plural of?
Cold opens is the plural of cold open.

Words near cold opens in the dictionary

  1. cold moons
  2. Cold Norton
  3. cold one
  4. cold ones
  5. cold open
  6. cold opens
  7. cold pack
  8. cold packs
  9. cold patch
  10. cold patched
  11. cold patches

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