cold+water

  • 21cold water costs — geriamojo vandens išlaidos statusas Aprobuotas sritis socialinė parama apibrėžtis Geriamojo vandens ir nuotekų kiekių, padaugintų iš jų kainų bei pardavimo veiklos sąnaudų (išlaidų), suma, įskaitant pridėtinės vertės mokestį. atitikmenys: angl.… …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • 22cold-water ordeal — A trial by ordeal in which the defendant was thrown into cold water; if he sank, he was deemed innocent; if he floated, he was found guilty …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 23cold-water paint — noun : a paint consisting of a pigment held in suspension by a binder dissolved in cold water …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 24cold water — 1) water bodies characterised by summer temperatures not exceeding 20°C 2) the species found in water bodies characterised by summer temperatures not exceeding 20°C …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 25cold-water flat — cold′ wa ter flat′ n. dial. an apartment, often in an unheated building, provided only with cold running water • Etymology: 1940–45 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 26cold-water flat — /kohld waw teuhr, wot euhr/, Chiefly Northeastern U.S. (formerly) an apartment provided with only cold running water, often in a building with no central heating. [1940 45] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 27cold-water flat — noun an apartment without modern conveniences • Hypernyms: ↑apartment, ↑flat * * * /kohld waw teuhr, wot euhr/, Chiefly Northeastern U.S. (formerly) an apartment provided with only cold running water, often in a building with no central heating.… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 28cold water ordeal — The trial which was anciently used for the common sort of people, who, having a cord tied about them under their arms, were cast into a river; if they sank to the bottom until they were drawn up, which was in a very short time, then were they… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 29cold water ordeal — The trial which was anciently used for the common sort of people, who, having a cord tied about them under their arms, were cast into a river; if they sank to the bottom until they were drawn up, which was in a very short time, then were they… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 30cold-water man —    Scottish    a person who drinks no intoxicants    The use is perhaps obsolete, in a society where, for some, abstinence is taboo:     Dae ye drink? He s a cauld water man. (J. F. S. Gordon, 1880) …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms