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cold work

cold work noun: any of several plastic deformations of metal (or other material) at relatively low temperatures.

Noun

cold work (uncountable)

  1. Any of several plastic deformations of metal (or other material) at relatively low temperatures.

Verb

cold work (third-person singular simple present cold works, present participle cold working, simple past and past participle cold worked)

  1. to work metal under its recrystallization temperature

Forms of cold work

third-person singular presentcold works
present participlecold working
past participlecold worked
pastcold worked

Questions about cold work

What does cold work mean?
Cold work means any of several plastic deformations of metal (or other material) at relatively low temperatures.
What part of speech is cold work?
Cold work can be a noun or a verb.

Words near cold work in the dictionary

  1. cold weld
  2. cold welded
  3. cold welding
  4. cold welds
  5. cold without
  6. cold work
  7. cold worked
  8. cold working
  9. cold works
  10. cold-aridiphilous
  11. cold-avoidant

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