arctic
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4.5
- adjective
- /ˈɑrk.tɪk/
:
ártico
- Most of the planet is arctic waste or dry tundra.
- arctic char
- arctic lakes
- arctic fox
He's doing this code red Arctic swim, his Speedo diplomacy, right?
- He's doing this code red Arctic swim, his Speedo diplomacy, right?
- And then you have the cold Arctic dry air coming from Canada coming down.
- But yeah, he kissed her forehead right before they went into the Arctic freezing cold water.
- And the guy now bear my Arctic blast.
Examples
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That'll be followed by a bitter cold, arctic air mass and high winds.
Fiction book (1993) -
The bite of Arctic wind snapped him into a pleasurable sense of himself.
Fiction book (1995) -
And then you have the cold Arctic dry air coming from Canada coming down.
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- It's like an arctic air mass out of Canada.
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Believed to be another victim of the Arctic cold wave.
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I mean, literally an Arctic blast that I could feel on my arm.
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The arctic blast is gonna move through our area... ...driving temperatures down to the single digits.
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Fall is upon us, the leaves are turning, and you can smell arctic regions in breezes from Canada.
Fiction book (1990) -
Overhead, the stars in the unclouded sky looked as cold and arctic as ice.
Fiction book (1998) -
The arctic temperatures made it difficult to spend time outside without proper clothing.
Synonyms
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4.2
Relating to the North or South Pole and the very cold regions there
89
1.0
Very cold with surfaces covered in ice
34
1.0
Very cold, like frozen water
30
4.1
Very cold, like ice or freezing air
15
1.3
Very cold, at or below freezing
2
6.1
Very cold in temperature like ice
1
6.5
Relating to the area around the North Pole, the Arctic
1
9.9
Very cold, like ice or frost
1
6.8
Very cold, often with a strong wind
1
9.9
Very cold in a way that feels unpleasant
From the far north and very cold places
Much colder than normal, for example in special freezers or very cold weather
Very cold in a way that makes being outside difficult
Compounds
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3.7
An imaginary line about 66 degrees north where the sun stays above or below the horizon for a day
- Specialized
1
4.4
A white wolf that lives in Arctic North America and has a black-tipped tail
A group of islands north of mainland Canada inside the Arctic Circle
A large squirrel that lives in burrows in far northern North America and hibernates for many months
- UK
A greyish branching plantlike growth in Arctic tundra that is a main food for reindeer and caribou
A small plant with white flowers and hairy leaves that grows in Arctic and mountain areas
- UK
A small plant that lives for many years and grows in very cold places with pale yellow or white blooms
A very large park in northern Alaska with wild land and no roads
A large national park in northern Alaska with very wild, remote land
How Cold
Surface Forms
Etymology
Arctic comes from the old Greek word arktos meaning 'bear' because people named the far north after bear-shaped stars in the sky. That idea of 'north' became the sense of very cold, so arctic now describes extremely cold, freezing weather.