cold spell
- noun
- /koʊld spɛl/
- Jargon
:
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- With a flick of her wrist, she unleashed a powerful cold spell that blanketed the field in a thick layer of frost.
Examples
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Ancient tales often mention a cold spell that could freeze entire armies during battle.
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The grass is always greener in the farm system or in the trade market when your player has a cold spell.
Blog text (12) -
The wizard cast a cold spell that froze his enemies in place, rendering them unable to move.
How Powerful
- UK
90
3.2
- UK
9
2.9
- Jargon
- Informal
3
6.3
256
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'cold' describes the effect and 'spell' denotes a magical incantation, so together they mean a spell that produces cold. This modifier+noun pattern is straightforward and common in fantasy vocabulary and in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Cold spell in stories and games comes from the two words cold and spell. Here spell means a magic action and cold shows what it does, so imagine a wizard casting magic that freezes things, and that is why it means 'a magical power that makes things very cold or frozen'.