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head cold

head cold noun: a common cold (illness).

Noun

head cold (plural head colds)

  1. A common cold (illness).
    • Wroe would put a pillow in the oven, lay his head on it, and let the oven be heated as hot as he could bear it, to drive away a head cold.1874, Sabine Baring-Gould, Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events, page 54
    • I am well except a head cold.1880, Emily Elizabeth Parsons, Memoir of Emily Elizabeth Parsons, page 50
    Synonyms:
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Synonyms of head cold

Forms of head cold

pluralhead colds
alternative formhead-cold
alternative formheadcold

Questions about head cold

What does head cold mean?
Head cold means a common cold (illness).
What part of speech is head cold?
Head cold is a noun.
What is the plural of head cold?
The plural of head cold is head colds.

Words near head cold in the dictionary

  1. head chutes
  2. head coach
  3. head coaches
  4. head coil
  5. head coils
  6. head cold
  7. head colds
  8. head collar
  9. head cook and bottle washer
  10. head cook and bottle washers
  11. head cook and bottle-washer

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